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 | At the LUNGevity HOPE Summit in Washington DC last weekend, I felt a breath of fresh air pass by me as I listened to Allison Schaffer, a social worker at Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, speak of something that can be terribly frustrating (and not only frustrating, but widen the gap between cancer survivors and their loved ones.) Yes, you may be NED (no evidence of disease) and may be on maintenance medications or done with treatment completely -- but the journey continues. Unfortunately friends and loved ones often just don't get it -- they expect us to simply go back to our normal selves. Even with sharing a statistic from a large study; the fact that 80% of cancer survivors continued to have some symptoms related to their treatment 10 years after their diagnosis, I've found that those who haven't gone down the cancer path themselves can't fully grasp it. Part of the beauty of a gathering like the HOPE Summit is to learn that you aren't alone in that frustration. In the near future I'll be sharing much more on survivorship issues. Best wishes until next week, Dr. Lynne |
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| Meditation for People With Cancer
If you are facing "survivorship" you may be well aware of a few things. One is that conventional medicine is sadly lacking in treatments to help people cope with the side effects of treatment. Thankfully many large cancer centers are now integrating "alternative" therapies into their treatment plans. For example, meditation has been found to help with fatigue, depression, and even chronic pain. Read more
| Acupuncture for Cancer Symptoms
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