What To Say To Newly Diagnosed, Positive Things From a 4th Diagnosis, Financial Assistance, and More This Month

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Things To Say To A Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patient

When our friends, co-workers and relatives hear about our diagnosis, they are distressed by our bad news and want to reach out and provide comfort. Yet, often they are silent and say nothing. Why? Because they don’t know what to say. So they don’t say anything.

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10 Positive Things In A 4th Cancer Diagnosis

Getting diagnosed with cancer is one of the worst things that can happen to a person in their lifetime. All of the trauma, the expenses, the worry, scars and body deformations, side effects, and a hundred more things to go along with it make for the worst year (or more) of your life. As bad as all this gets, there are some positive things a person can find around them even when they have been diagnosed with cancer.

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Financial Assistance Resources For Cancer Patients

Perhaps you’ve never heard the term – financial toxicity – the National Cancer Institute defines it as the problems a patient encounters due to the cost of medical care. Cancer patients are two to three times more likely to file bankruptcy as healthy people.

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Random Thoughts While Waiting for Cancer Surgery

This is the situation. You've been diagnosed with cancer, again, for the 4th time, if that's not bad enough, you have to wait two months to have surgery to remove the tumors from your neck. If you have never had to endure this unfortunate experience you probably don't have any idea how slow time drags on while waiting for your date to show up. For Donna and I, it's Jan. 28th.

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Share Your Inspiring Cancer Story

Do you remember those dark days when you were first diagnosed? The fear, the confusion and the “what ifs” were overwhelming. If you are like me, you probably wondered if life would ever would be normal again. One of the best ways to get information about what will happen and how is to talk to someone who has already been there. Join WhatNext and connect with thousands who have been there.

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Cancer And Cold Weather - Tips To Help You Cope

Winter is here and presents unique challenges for cancer patients. Let’s look at some of the potential problems that we, as cancer patients, might face this winter.

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