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WEDNESDAYS WITH WENDY
Hopeful news and views
on Healthy Survivorship
Please share this with friends and family in the higher-risk groups (click for full handout).
I know it’s not Wednesday (as in, Wednesdays With Wendy), but Oncology Times just published the handout online, after fast-tracking it for early release. While written for oncology offices, the information applies to people living with any medical challenge and to everyone over 60 years old. I hope it helps. Take care, everyone. With hope, Wendy
Healthy Survivorship is always a work in progress. If that aphorism discourages you because it means you can never finish, let me suggest a different way to think of it.
Read moreMy heart aches whenever someone I care about loses a loved one. I’m always looking for a gift that might bring a bit of comfort, beyond the usual sympathy card with a handwritten note or donation to a worthy cause. Lately, I’ve been gifting a small book that stands apart from most books on grief.
Read moreIt’s both good and bad how the evolving Corona story has put the dangers of viral infections center stage. As someone living with immunodeficiency, the good news is that now more people…
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Last fall I was invited to write a short e-book on hope that could be read on a mobile device. The task was challenging and exhilarating. Now, the book is available for free downloading. (from the press release)
Read moreMeet Mandy Harvey, an icon of Healthy Survivorship.
Read moreAgainst the odds, I’m still here. Some people tell me, “It’s because you had a purpose.”
Read moreAfter interviewing me and others, NYTimes health columnist Jane Brody wrote “I now fully understand that a successful life is…a life that rolls with the punches, adapts to changing circumstances, and makes the best of the here and now.” Exactly.
Read moreNYTimes health columnist Jane Brody interviewed me for a piece on what to say to someone with cancer. The criticisms in the comments section highlight the emotionality and contentiousness of this topic. They also encourage us to reflect on fundamental principles.
Read moreScreening tests sometimes scare me. No, not the discomforts. I’m used to needlesticks (ouch) and contrast (gag). Occasionally, I worry that the risks might not be worth the benefits. What’s a Healthy Survivor to do?
Read moreWhen dealing with medical challenges, New Year’s resolutions can help you become a Healthy Survivor. Firm decisions to do—or not do—something from now on helps motivate you to stick to a plan that challenges you in some way. (You don’t resolve to do things that come naturally, right?) Here’s the problem:
Read more“I’m better.” What does that mean after completing treatment for cancer or other serious illness? It may mean something different than you think.
Read moreIn the spirit of the winter holidays, I’m highlighting two marvelous children’s grief books. Loss during the season of light and joy is especially painful. You give a great gift when you help families with children who are trying to make sense of such loss.
Read moreLet’s explore how to support your loved ones with cancer or other medical challenge.
Read moreAt our Thanksgiving table this year, each person will share three things for which they are grateful. Oh, no. What am I going to do? How do I choose only three things?
Read moreOne sentence shouted out to me in an article about how an exercise regimen designed for astraunauts may help mitigate aftereffects in cancer survivors: "Cancer is the only major chronic disease condition in which a comparable countermeasures program is not an aspect of standard management."
Read moreWhat’s the right way for me to celebrate my cancerversary, the anniversary of the day life changed wattage from BC to AC (After Cancer)?
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