For activity and weight loss apps - 1) A list from Healthline - http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/top-iphone-android-apps-weig… This is a list of FREE apps for weight loss and includes MyFitnessPal which integrates activity into the calculation as well - http://www.fitsugar.com/Best-Free-Weight-Loss-Apps-23014619
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Dr. Deanna Attai provides an overview of when to consider mastectomy vs. other breast cancer treatment options. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eXFRVM1cO8#t=280
Gratitude & healing: Every night before I went to sleep I thought of two things that were positive about the day. Honestly some days the only things I could think of were that the day was over and now I got to go to sleep, but most days there was an abundance of things I could think of: a 'good news' visit at the doctor; a visit from a friend etc
FDA Approves drug for treatment of advanced (recurrent) or Metastatic, Progressive, DifferentiatedThyroid Cancer https://www.smartpatients.com/forums/1-conversations/topics/2598-u-s-fda...
How Doctors Make Mistakes - Learn to better interview Patients
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB100014240527023044021045791512324…
Breakthrough Cited for Recurrent Glioblastoma
http://www.medpagetoday.com/HematologyOncology/BrainCancer/15844
Info. for non-Hodgkin lymphoma & Waldenström's macroglobulinemia from NCI- http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/adult-non-hodgkins/Pat… Re: Diet & Exercise- http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/diet-for-Non-Hodgkin-Lymphoma/2011/… and a very reputable diet study- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2903438/
Cancer can affect the bones in several different ways; new medications are improving bone health for people with cancer. Learn here how to maintain bone health - .http://www.cancercare.org/publications/42-caring_for_your_bones_when_yo…
Find resources for AYA Cancer Patients in Canada
http://www.cancerfightclub.com/find-resources
How to Help Veterans During the Holidays - http://militarybenefits.info/how-to-help-veterans-during-the-holidays/
Sudden cardiac arrest can have early warnings! Cardiac arrest symptoms: chest pain, shortness of breath, dizziness, faintness or heart palpitations. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/19/cardiac-arrests-am…
Some Recommended Weight Loss Apps for iPhone & Android:
Healthline - http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/top-iphone-android-apps-weig…
MyFitnessPal which integrates activity into the calculation - http://www.fitsugar.com/Best-Free-Weight-Loss-Apps-23014619
Amy Morin, psychotherapist, compiled a list of things that mentally strong people don't do. What we focus on can make a difference. #1- Mentally strong people don't waste time feeling sorry for themselves. Read them - http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/13-things-mentally-stron…
The average person makes over 200 food decisions every day, and many of us have to eat meals at work. Here's a great article on eating at your desk in the San Francisco Chronicle - http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/Healthy-eating-habits-often-start-at…
10 Tips To Help Prevent Alzheimers - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2014/01/top-10-food-tips-for-boosti…
Music Therapy Builds Resilience In AYA & Teen Cancer Patients
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/27/music-therapy-resilience-cance…
How Long Have I Got Left? GREAT article from the NY Times on assessing and dealing with Prognosis.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/opinion/sunday/how-long-have-i-got-le…
The Journal of Clinical Oncology has published 5-year results of a study showing that yoga helps reduce inflammation and fatigue in cancer survivors. This study was out previously, but now they have 5-year results which makes the study results more sound. http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/early/2014/01/21/JCO.2013.51.8860.abstr…
When I was diagnosed I asked, "Am I going to die from this?" My Doctor replied, "This not a fight, we, together, are going to win a war over the next 5 years"! Envision your future, not just the next appointment or treatment, you haver the rest of your life.
At the height of chemo my treatments were Monday, and on Tuesday afternoon the headaches & pain would begin, & almost always they'd subside by noon the next day. The lesson I learned what that there is a pattern, the chemo effects do end, and I could plan my life and family time accordingly. Finding humor, I'd say, "I start my week on Wednesday".