Kathryn White Blog
Cancer Thrivers
Supporting a friend with cancer can be challenging, but your care and support can make a big difference for them. One of the challenges that the person with cancer may be facing is how to ask for help. How do you ask for help when you don't know what you need?
Your role as a supportive...
When I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in 2015, I had never heard of a cancer coach. I had to muddle through all my thoughts and feelings on my own with only my husband as my sounding board.
I tried working with a social worker at the cancer clinic, but it didn’t feel like a good...
In 2018 I knew that something had to change. For three years I had been living with stage 4 colon cancer and I had been No Evidence of Disease for a year and half when a new cancer lump popped up. With this came more tests and another surgery. Fortunately, it did not mean more chemotherapy.
I was...
We can all agree that there is a lot of fear surrounding a cancer diagnosis. The C word is one of the scariest words in the world and it brings up all of the stories you have heard, the movies you have seen and the experiences you may have had with loved ones who have had cancer. This can create...
First we eat, then we digest, then we excrete. It’s an everyday process that we don’t always put a whole lot of thought into. The thing is, we should and we need to. So let’s get to the straight goods on why we should be thinking about what goes in to our bodies and what comes...
How do you even know how to prepare yourself for something you’ve never done? In 2015 I was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, a diagnosis that required me to undergo some major surgery. For my first surgery I had no idea what surgery prep, the actual surgery and recovery would...
How can getting cancer make your life better? That may seem like a ridiculous statement considering that in 2015 I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. I had no idea what the process or the outcome was going to look like. But what I did know was that I was going to do what I could...
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