Cancer Recurrence: How to Cope With the Fear
Fear of recurrence is the number one concern of cancer survivors. Here’s what’s normal, when it becomes a problem, and how to manage it effectively.
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Managing Anxiety and Depression After Cancer
Fear of recurrence, depression, and anxiety are extremely common after cancer treatment. Here’s how to get the support you need.
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Life After Cancer: Your Complete Guide to Physical, Emotional, and Financial Recovery
Life After Cancer: Your Complete Guide to Physical, Emotional, and Financial Recovery Finishing cancer treatment is a milestone that comes with complex emotions. Relief, gratitude, and hope often mix with fear, uncertainty, and exhaustion. Many survivors describe a sense of being dropped from the intensive support system of treatment — suddenly, the appointments are less…
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Managing Anxiety After Cancer Treatment: Evidence-Based Strategies That Actually Help
Anxiety after cancer treatment is one of the most common and least discussed aspects of survivorship. The same vigilance that helped you navigate diagnosis and treatment doesn’t simply turn off when treatment ends — and in many ways, it intensifies. You’re no longer being monitored constantly. The follow-up appointments are further apart. And the uncertainty…
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The Day I Finished Cancer Treatment — And Why It Was the Strangest Day of My Life
My last chemotherapy infusion was on a Wednesday in October. The nurses brought out a little bell — it is a tradition at many cancer centers, ringing a bell when you finish treatment — and my husband was there, and a few of the nurses I had come to know over the months, and I…
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Managing Cancer Fatigue After Treatment: What Actually Helps
Cancer-related fatigue is the most commonly reported side effect of cancer treatment — and one of the most persistent. Unlike normal tiredness, cancer fatigue does not reliably improve with rest and can continue for months or years after treatment ends. This guide covers the evidence-based strategies that research shows actually help cancer survivors manage fatigue…
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Mindfulness and Meditation for Cancer Survivors
Mindfulness and meditation have emerged as some of the most well-researched and effective tools for cancer survivors managing the emotional challenges of survivorship. From reducing anxiety and fear of recurrence to improving sleep and quality of life, the science behind mindfulness for cancer survivors is compelling. What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is the practice of paying…
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Mental Health After Cancer: Coping With Depression and Anxiety
Cancer does not only affect the body. The emotional impact of a cancer diagnosis and the experience of treatment can be profound and long-lasting. Depression and anxiety are among the most common challenges cancer survivors face after treatment ends — and they are among the most treatable. This guide helps you understand and address the…
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Dealing With Scanxiety After Cancer Treatment
Scanxiety — the intense anxiety that builds in the days and weeks before a cancer scan or follow-up appointment — is one of the most common and least discussed experiences in cancer survivorship. If you find yourself barely sleeping before scan day or unable to think about anything else, you are not alone. This guide…
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Cancer 2 Managing Fear of Cancer Recurrence: A Survivor’s Guide
Fear of cancer recurrence is one of the most universal and powerful experiences in survivorship. The question “what if it comes back?” lives in the minds of most cancer survivors, surfacing during quiet moments, at every follow-up appointment, and whenever you feel an unfamiliar ache or symptom. This guide helps you understand this fear and…
