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How My Daughter’s Breast Cancer Changed My Relationship With My Body

September 3rd 2024

By Debbie Legault

After being my daughter’s caregiver during breast cancer, I now have a different relationship with my body, especially when I feel something different.

My Challenge With Insurance as My Wife’s Cancer Caregiver

August 11th 2024

By Charles Elwert

Even though my wife became quadriplegic after her breast cancer progressed, our insurance still did not help us out, so I became her caregiver full-time.

A Reflection on More Than 77,000 Hours of Cancer Caregiving

July 7th 2024

By Charles Elwert

My wife faced ovarian cancer, breast cancer and multifocal motor neuropathy, and I was her only caregiver.

Thinking of Happy Memories During My Husband's Cancer

June 8th 2024

By Andrea Cope

On the harder days with my husband’s cancer, we would try to remember happy memories to help improve our moods.

Caregivers are a Ribbon of Family

May 28th 2024

By Q. R. Williams

Caregivers are tailor-made to help patients and survivors through their cancer experiences.

The Hard Truth About My Child’s Cancer

May 8th 2024

By Debbie Legault

As a society, we shouldn't accept the "norm" of people younger than 50 receiving diagnoses or dying from cancer.

The Importance of Telling Your Cancer Story Honestly

May 7th 2024

By Mark Hicks

Good news in the cancer space is great, but we need to share more cancer stories about the good, bad and the ugly

Grateful for My Sister’s Life, Especially During a Cancer Recurrence

May 1st 2024

By Kim Johnson

Through so many cancer scares, I'm trying to live in gratitude that my sister's time is not now.

Getting Through Grief Caused By Cancer

April 8th 2024

By Patricia Buls

When experiencing loss, always look forward and have hope.

To Be a Caregiver for My Husband

April 5th 2024

By Mary Sexson

When I was my husband's caregiver, I tried to make things comfortable, but I'm not sure if the drugs and bedpans could ever make it right.