Clinical psychologist: 7 ways to reduce excessive screen time
Spending too much time looking at your phone, tablet or laptop? You’re not alone. Excessive screen time is a problem for many of us. But for cancer patients and their loved ones, the urge to zone out with a screen may be even harder to resist.
Why? Because often, you’re already feeling worn down and looking for reasons to be hopeful.
So, how do you cut back on screen time if you’re mentally and emotionally exhausted ...
What causes chemobrain? New insights
Chemobrain is a term used to describe the changes in cognitive abilities that some patients with cancer may experience, such as:
Fogginess...
Caring for a cancer patient with cognitive impairments: Use this advice
Caregivers of cancer patients with cognitive impairments can face any number of unique challenges.
If their loved one has...
5 things to expect after finishing chemotherapy
If you’re receiving chemotherapy as a part of your cancer treatment, you’ve probably already figured out ways to make it a little more manageable.
Maybe you carry around peppermints to stave off nausea or bring warm socks to stay comfortable in chilly waiting rooms. Or, maybe you take the day off after an infusion to deal with fatigue. Regardless of what you do, you likely know by now what to expect from both your body and...
Chemobrain versus memory loss: What’s the difference?
As you age, you may have trouble remembering important dates like a loved one’s birthday or forget where you left your car keys. Memory loss...
How to cope with cold sensitivity during chemotherapy
Some types of chemotherapy can damage nerves, leading to a side effect called peripheral neuropathy. Patients may feel tingling, burning or...
Ovarian cancer survivor: 4 lessons I learned from treatment
One of the best pieces of advice I got before starting chemotherapy to treat stage III ovarian cancer was from my oncologist, Dr. Aaron Shafer...
Starting chemotherapy? 6 questions to ask
Finding out that you need chemotherapy can be overwhelming. But as I’ve learned from working with cancer patients as a nurse over the past...
Hodgkin lymphoma survivor adjusts to life after cancer
After a cancer diagnosis, many patients wait anxiously to hear the words “no evidence of disease.” But as Kimberly Hill has learned, the start...
Cancer treatment side effect: Chemobrain
In the late 1990s, doctors began to pay attention to chemobrain, a term used by an increasing number of patients to describe mental symptoms...