Category: Articles on cancer and other life-threatening diseases

‍ Image Source: FreeImages‍ Mindfulness has become one of the most talked about topics in recent years. From being a practice used by Buddhist monks to help focus their minds to being a method for managing stress and anxiety, it seems everyone is searching for ways to get more...

‍ Image Source: FreeImages‍ Whether you’ve just received your cancer diagnosis or if you’re in remission, it can feel like the world is coming to an end. You may feel like your life is over and there’s no going back. But you can get through the first few weeks...

The last three years have been difficult for me, but they’ve also taught me a lot about myself and what it means to live. There have been good times and bad, but cancer has been the cause of all my ups and downs. To be honest, I wouldn’t have...

Image Source: FreeImages ‍ When you hear the word ‘remission’, you might think it means the cancer has gone away. But what does remission mean? How do you handle such an occurrence? It’s not as simple as it seems. Finding out that your cancer has disappeared and it is...

I found myself looking for a nebulous condition called “remission.” In talking with other cancer patients, I find that one word has a special connotation. It is the word “remission.” I have found that I can be in “remission” and feel that I am cured. Yet this word does...