A cancer diagnosis is one of the most terrifying and devastating news a person might receive. There is often a sense of foreboding and loss of control over one’s life…
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There are four main classes of tissue in your body; muscle tissue, nervous tissue, epithelial tissue (your skin and lining to intestinal tract and lungs) and connective tissue. Your bones…
For those who have completed treatment and are living into Survivorship you know that the post treatment phase comes with its own set of challenges. One of these is the…
What is the pelvic floor? The pelvic floor is a sling of muscles, tendons, ligaments and connective tissue that extends like a hammock from the pubic bone to tail…
A sore or dry mouth and throat is common during treatment and after many cancer treatments. The sensitivity of damaged or dry lips or mouth lining can make everyday activities…
Guest Contributor: Mia Harris, Sex Therapist at Bloomhill Cancer Care Cancer and its treatments may cause significant changes in people’s sexuality. This encompasses sexual desire, the experience of pleasure in…
Fear of cancer recurrence is the fear or worry that cancer could progress or return in the same place, or spread to another part of the body. It is very…
Written by Tiffany Nissen, Lived Experience contributor I am one year in to my cancer diagnosis and the only thing I can compare it to is a fast moving train,…
This is sometimes called “chemo brain” or “chemo fog”, memory changes are common with cancer and cancer treatments. Doctors may call chemo brain many things, such as cancer treatment-related cognitive…
Living with cancer, or the impact of cancer in our lives presents many challenges affecting us physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. One of the most persistent challenges is the difficulty…
