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Category: Cancer Related Information

  • Picture Your Life After Cancer

    Picture Your Life After Cancer For the estimated 12 million cancer survivors in the U.S., some of life’s biggest challenges and successes begin after treatment ends. Here are your photos and insights about life after cancer. (Join the discussion here.)

  • Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day

    A very sweet story to share… Living | Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a day | Seattle Times Newspaper. Erik, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that…

  • Notable News

    Really? – The Claim – Lack of Sleep Increases Weight – Question – NYTimes.com. I found this article interesting to me because I am living proof that this is really the case. When Nate was born – that little bugger did not sleep. He hated to be alone and Scott and I literally had 4…

  • 5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands of lives

    5-minute colon cancer test could save thousands of lives – USATODAY.com. LONDON (AP) — A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40%, a new study says. British researchers followed more than 170,000 people for about 11 years. Of those, more than 40,000 had a “flexi-scope” test,…

  • The Dirty Dozen

    My friend Dianne sent me this image this morning. We had gone out for coffee last week and were talking about what foods we should consider buying organic. Hope you find it helpful too! (I have no idea where this image came from – so if it’s yours, no copyright infringement intended)

  • Notable News

    Burger King reeling under Mimosa hangover. Child advocacy and alcohol groups are crying foul over the company's introduction of a pretend alcohol beverage. Fast food stores, such as Burger King, are favorite destinations for children and teenagers, they say. And for the restaurant chain to serve something even remotely connected with alcohol is “disastrous,” says…

  • Notable News

    Personal Health – Risks for Youths Who Eat What They Watch – NYTimes.com. We have all been there with our kids. They are watching a show on TV or at the store with us and you hear the “mommy, can you buy <insert product here> for me?  Usually at my house it’s a high sugar…

  • Exhale.

    Scott had a CT scan on Monday. Routine post colon cancer treatment scan. Every time he goes in for one, I get butterflies in my stomach. Totally understandable but I think from now on this is how I will feel when we have to deal with anything medical.  Knowing how I feel through the process,…

  • Gang Starr’s Guru Dead At 43 from a cancer related cause

    One of the things I try to never lose sight of is that every day, every where people are battling cancer.  I never gave it much thought day to day until of course it happened to my family.  When we found out about Scotty, Hannah asked me if he was going to die.  I told…

  • Notable News

    EAT: DIY Greek Style Yogurt So many of us eat Greek Yogurt. It can be really expensive and I have found the newer ‘cheaper’ versions – like from Yoplait – are actually a small bit higher in calories and a small bit lower in protein. I have never tried to make my own but it…