Second Edition
Today is May 25, 2026. Fifteen years after the first edition of my book, called Active Against Cancer, I have published a second edition, titled Be Active Against Cancer. The goal in updating the book is simply to improve it with small changes. The fundamentals of the content and its presentation remain the same. The…
Keep reading10 Reasons to be Active in Cancer Recovery
One reason to stay physically active during cancer treatment is because it makes you feel better emotionally and physically. In the book Active Against Cancer, you can learn more about the medical reasons that exercise helps you heal better from cancer. Being physically active may help you tolerate your cancer treatment better and may help…
Keep readingSpring 2025: Active Season!
Late in April, each year, I count back to the spring when I had my cancer diagnosis. I’m lucky to say that I count back eighteen years now. What a gift! I’m humbled and grateful. I have weathered some significant health obstacles in the past few years. I have had long periods of time when…
Keep readingSometimes I Remember
When I was in chemotherapy treatment, eleven summers ago, my oncologist liked to try to cheer me up by saying something like this: “Some day, years from now, you will look back and not really remember most of this. It will seem like it wasn’t even real, and you will forget about it.” I appreciated…
Keep readingA Lap As Caregiver
This past winter, I took a lap around the track as a Caregiver. Not for a cancer patient, but for my husband who shattered his tibia in a skiing accident. And not literally a lap around the track, but hundreds (it seemed) of laps up and down the stairs of the house. It was, overall,…
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