Almost everyone knows someone living with cancer. Please take this day to reach out to them.

Who is a survivor? Anyone living with a history of cancer, stretching from the moment of diagnosis to life’s conclusion.

Survivorship, then, includes a multitude of issues surrounding both the disease and its cure. Patients and survivors often deal with fear and anxiety, nutritional challenges, treatment side effects, physical disability, and financial burdens. Whether or not they live natural lifespan, survivors may face chronic illness or other difficulties, including so-called late effects resulting from treatment.

Cancer is a huge nut to crack. It is insidious, and it outsmarts chemo and any other way you try to kill it.

The only way to prevent cancer is through early detection, and I cannot state loud enough the importance of breast self-exams. If you are able to catch it early, you have a significant chance at cure.