Cancer-Champions Blog

Have You Been Diagnosed With Cancer? 5 Steps To Move Forward
When you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the physical and emotional stress of this challenging disease begins almost immediately. Emotions take control, which inhibits decision-making at a critical time. More specifically, a time when you are expected to make...

How to Hire an Independent Patient Advocate or Health Consultant
You may have heard the term patient advocate. You may even know someone who has benefitted from the services of a patient advocate However, you may be unclear as to how to find and hire one. How do I find an advocate? First, know the difference between an independent...

How To Find A Patient Advocate
You may have heard the term patient advocate... You may even know someone who has benefitted from the services of an independent patient advocate. However, you—like most people—are probably still unclear as to what they actually do and how to find one. People...

The Truth About Hospice
I don’t want to “give up” or “let my family down” I hear this quite often from clients who after months of treatment start to wonder if they really want to continue down the same path. Treatments require the stamina of both the physical body as well as emotional...

Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Cancer (CAM)
Social media and the Internet have increased our opportunity to amass information and form opinions around individual treatment decisions. As a result, there is an increased prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine in cancer care in the U.S. Most of the...
5 Things To Avoid After a Cancer Diagnosis
Have you just received a cancer diagnosis? Aren't sure where to start? Here are 5 things to avoid after a cancer diagnosis: 1. Don’t Engage in Haphazard Google Searches Most of us will admit that our knee-jerk reaction after learning of a medical diagnosis is to...
5 Questions to Answer About Your Cancer (Before Searching the Internet)
Most of my clients admit to conducting a knee-jerk search of the internet as soon as they receive a cancer diagnosis. For some, they were sorry they did. For others, it provided a sense of control. Amassing information often helps us feel as though we are being...
Lessons I Did Not Want To Learn: When Grief is the Teacher
These past 12 months have been difficult. We have experienced loss both professionally and personally, and we find ourselves facing this new year with a heavy heart. Unfortunately, I know that there are many of you who have not yet realized the outcomes that you had...
Looking For A Practical Way To Help Someone With Cancer?
I am regularly inspired by the creative ways communities come together to offer support of individuals and families facing a disruptive diagnosis like cancer. There are so many of you out there and today I'd like you to meet Reagan, an eighth grade student,...
Shouldn’t my doctor be doing this?
Recently, while delivering a comprehensive plan for a client, they exclaimed with exasperation “ Why isn’t my doctor doing this”? As a result of this encounter, I will attempt to answer this question and hopefully level set the expectations of future patients....