How can you help those with breast cancer live their lives to the full? Helpful tips, advice, and personal stories from those in the know.
Photograph: Flickr/CC-BY-2.0/WishUponACupcake
A lesson in makeup and skincare for women undergoing cancer treatment. More beauty tips on Look Good Feel Better. FacingCancer.ca has helpful blogs and community forums, as well as resources, to help you on your journey.
1. Just be there Phone or email regularly. Alex, who emails Kate daily, says, “Life went on for me, all the normal day to day trivia, but Katie’s life changed direction completely. The least I could do was put aside … Continue Reading
A decade after her first breast cancer diagnosis, Naneve Hawke was told she was cured. She would only have a month to revel in this good news: a mammogram soon revealed the cancer had returned, and that this time, her … Continue Reading
Hair loss is probably the most noticeable, and some would say traumatic, effect that cancer treatment may cause. You can make the transition a lot easier by taking control and preparing for hair loss. Here are some helpful tips: As … Continue Reading
When it comes to cancer, stress can be a cause and effect; reducing it is a big part of both the prevention and the treatment of illness. Mindfulness meditation, the practice of clearing the mind through deep breathing exercises, is … Continue Reading
For every woman diagnosed with breast cancer (and that will be 22,700 Canadian women this year alone, according to the Canadian Cancer Society), dozens more individuals are devastated along with her. But that network of “co-survivors” — parents, partners, children, … Continue Reading
