Coping with Cancer / Social Work
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Any oncologist can testify to the difficulties facing family members of patients with cancer. A recent study out of Canada examines the “biologic cost” of caring for a patient with cancer. This was a small study in which the researchers compared saliva and blood samples from 18 primary caregivers of people who had just [...]
7 CommentsRecently one of our readers wrote about her “scanxiety”, the anxiety and fear she feel whenever it is time to have another scan that has the potential to show growth or progression of her disease process. There is not a cancer patient I know of who has not suffered this kind of [...]
4 CommentsHere’s more on methods for coping with cancer, by Leah de Roulet:
Hello again! Last time I talked about ways to cope with the roller coaster of cancer, and I was reminded of one I left out when I read a column recently in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, or PI, one of [...]
Hello again! After my first column Lola’s daughter asked me to discuss what is helpful in negotiating the emotional roller coaster she and her mother, and every other cancer patient and loved one experiences during the cancer journey. I thought it was a question that is very relevant to any reader [...]
5 CommentsToday’s post comes from Leah de Roulet, a great oncology social worker I introduced in my last post. She has kindly agreed to share some of her insights about coping with cancer as well as practical issues of navigating financial and insurance issues from her decades of social work experience. [...]
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