Crystal & Life After Cancer (Part 2)Read Part 1 of Crystal & Life After Cancer. Crystal did her time, took her treatments, endured the side effects, but reached the coveted finish line and rang the bell... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Crystal & Life After Cancer (Part 1)A few people have asked how Crystal is doing and I thought an update was in order. As many of you know, Crystal was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma when she... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Some Days Are Tougher Than Others, But Let’s Look At The PositivesLife has its ups and downs. This is true no matter who you are, what you do, how much money you have, or even who you know. If this weren’t... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
Giving Up The WigEverything about you is combined to make you the unique person you are. It starts the day you were born with all your genes combining in a special way to... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Lucky to Count a Sister-friend Among My CaregiversI have one biological sister, but I have a lot of sister-friends, and I was lucky that one of the sister-friends and my “birth sister” live in the Boston area... By Ronni Gordon3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments10 comments
Walk With MeThe focus of a cancer diagnosis is on the cancer patient, naturally. There is often a caregiver struggling with their fears and worries over their loved ones in the background... By Amber Lynch2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
Here I SitToday was the day for my bi-yearly blood work, CAT scan, and ultrasound. Like many others, I experience the scanxiety that goes along with getting these tests and the long... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Caregiver/Cancer Patient Interview (Part 2)My daughter was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma when she was 25. It’s been a few years since then, but I decided to interview her and hear her thoughts about that... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Staying as Healthy as Possible (Part 1)Cancer beats up our bodies and then we get treated with some type of chemotherapy, radiation, etc. which beats it up even more. It’s hard to tell which is worse... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
Encouraging CaregiverWhen you think of encouragement, you may think of giving someone support and reassurance. This is definitely true and is needed in many cases when you are helping someone you... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments12 comments
Community Views: How Does Being a Caregiver Impact Your Life?Most of us know what a caregiver does, but not everyone fully understands what it is like to be a caregiver until they are in that role. To start a... By Editorial Team 4 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments2 comments
The Stress of Being a CaregiverAnytime you care for someone it’s hard. It’s hard for many reasons. Maybe it’s a time thing and now you have even more to do. Perhaps it’s a space thing... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments6 comments
Taking Care of Your Body and MindHaving cancer causes you to reevaluate everything in your life. When you're going through treatment, you have to try and just get through the day and do whatever it is... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments5 comments
The One Year, Post-Treatment VisitMy daughter, Crystal, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma when she was just 25 years old. She went through a little over 6 months of treatments, which consisted of 12 rounds... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments7 comments
We Versus I: Forming a Team as Patient and CaregiverMy daughter, Crystal, was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2016 at the age of 25. It was one of the hardest times in our lives. My husband and I were... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments12 comments
New Life, New OutlookI believe life is circular. We have our ups and we have our downs. My daughter getting cancer at the young age of 25 was definitely a down-time for us... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Keeping It Positive as a CaregiverGetting cancer is horrible. Hearing those words for the first time is devastating and, for a second, your world stops spinning. But then you come back to reality and have... By Ann Harper3 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments
Some People Just Can’t Deal with CancerBefore Crystal came home, she had been in a relationship. It wasn’t a good one. That was bad enough, but when she found out she had cancer at age 25... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments8 comments
Crystal, Mia, & the Importance of DistractionsOccasionally, we all need to have a distraction. Diverting our attention can be helpful in so many ways. Sometimes we need a break from our jobs, our friends or families... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments0 comments
The Halfway MarkHaving cancer is never a good thing, but no matter how bad something may seem, there are always a few good days and something to look forward to. During Crystal’s... By Ann Harper2 min readBookmark for laterReactions 0 reactions Comments4 comments