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Cancer Survivor: Janet MacCallum
Cancer survivor Janet MacCallum talks about the treatment that saved her life and how this same procedure is now more commonly used for current patients.
Cancer Survivor: Janet MacCallum
Knowing The Best Supplements For Breast Cancer Survivors
Understanding which are the best supplements for breast cancer survivors is key to your treatment program. Restoring the immune system to peak performance at this time is critical. This is something that will decrease the likelihood of re-occurrence. As more and more women are beating this disease research into this area will also increase....
When Are You Considered a Cancer Survivor?
The answer was once any person who has had cancer in the past and received treatment that has rendered him or her cancer free for a period of one year. Today, as our understanding of the problem grows, the definition of a survivor has been revised completely....
Sending Personal Message With Flowers For Breast Cancer Survivor
The American Cancer Society approximates that a woman in the U.S. has a one in eight possibility of growing invasive breast cancer as long as her lifetime. About three million women in the U.S. are living with the disease. Unluckily, almost everybody understands someone who has been affected by the most generally diagnosed cancer amongst women in the U.S. and worldwide....
Forgiveness is Forever - Healthy Advice For Breast Cancer Survivors
What can heal the hearts of breast survivors more than chemotherapy and other medications? In one loaded word, forgiveness. Forgiving themselves as well as others is one of the keys to recovery for breast survivors. Who is a breast survivor? Anyone who survives breast cancer, no matter how much tissue was removed in the process....
Canine Cancer Survivor
Treating cancer in dogs can be very expensive, but the good news for Zelda (a dog) is that she was covered by a canine health insurance policy. Companies cover all kinds of cancer treatments, including surgery and medicine such as Palladia, a new prescription drug that has been proven to fight mast cell tumors like Zelda's. Read this article to find out more about Zelda story fighting cancer....
Life Insurance For a Cancer Survivor
Being able to obtain a standard issue life insurance policy, if you are a cancer survivor, is dependent upon finding a company that will have underwriting requirements that either don't ask about your particular type of cancer or will only ask if you've had it within a certain period of time. This varies by company and is generally 3, 5 or 10 years. Learn more......
Continual Survivor Part I
Over the years, I've been bestowed with titles that were landmarks in my spiritual journey. The first title that was deemed upon me was "Miss Congenitally" from the Chicago Softballers, a club that sponsored Gay Social Softball games with a cookout afterwards. At the time I was a shy, docile, naïve, GBM who didn't have a clue about what was going on....
Part II Continual Survivor!
When you're HIV+ your body goes through a lot of changes within that become without. Of course you go through an emotional trauma while you're having the greatest times ever from these life-altering experiences....
Cancer Survivor Wants Love and Attention
My husband, a prostate cancer survivor, is an emotional man, or a worrier. To him, each little thing can be a problem, He can get depressed by any ache, pain, smell, and doctor's appointment. He always is....
Exercise Improves Lymphedema Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors
Physicians caring for breast cancer patients have traditionally advised against heavy lifting following breast cancer surgery, for fear that doing so might increase arm lymphedema. However, a new prospective randomized clinical research study calls into question the traditional advice against vigorous exercise involving the upper extremities, including lifting weights as a strengthening exercise....
