Tag: Breast Cancer
Nutrition and Weight Management for Healthy Cancer Survivorship
Nutrition and exercise are two areas in which lifestyle changes can help you to reduce the risk of recurrent and new cancers and promote overall survival. Both optimal nutrition and adequate exercise will help you to achieve a healthy body weight. A Survivorship Nutrition Plan The optimal diet focused on cancer prevention emphasizes increasing your…
Cancer Caregiving: Rewarding, Fulfilling, Frustrating, Burdensome, or Spiritually Uplifting?
As I began writing this article, I started to think about the many caregivers I have known and what they have shared with me about their experiences as caregivers. The myriad of descriptors they used are only a few of the words in the title of this article. One caregiver said she had never had…
How To Avoid Worrying About Pain
One day a breast cancer survivor came to my office with a bump on the back of her heel. She told me that it was painful and she was worried her cancer had returned. This woman, an executive and a runner, had a smooth, soft and tender mass about the size of a walnut. Immediately…
Equestrian Eventer Takes Most Challenging Course, Jumping Breast Cancer
Beth Perkins, equestrian trainer and international eventer, grew up riding horses, a member of one of America’s most prominent eventing families. Her parents, Essie and Read Perkins, were leaders in the growth of eventing in the United States, and both Beth and sister Bea were two of the youngest A-level Pony Club riders ever. U.S….
Did You Ever Ask God, “Why Me?”
My big sister, Suzette, was always bigger than life in my eyes. We are four years apart but she always seemed so cool, so capable. I watched her organize protests against injustices in high school, be a leader in every organization she joined, and set trends. Simply said, Suzette was my hero. She still is….
Gremillion & Co. Fine Art Stages the Houston Exhibition of The SCAR Project
Based in New York, The SCAR Project is a series of large-scale portraits of young women breast cancer survivors shot by fashion photographer David Jay. Primarily an awareness raising campaign, The SCAR Project puts a raw, unflinching face on breast cancer while paying tribute to the courage and spirit of brave cancer survivors. The Houston…