A two-time cancer survivor suggests simplifying the holidays when coping with cancer.
BY Barbara Tako
PUBLISHED December 23, 2019
Barbara Tako is a breast cancer survivor (2010), melanoma survivor (2014) and author of Cancer Survivorship Coping Tools–We'll Get You Through This. She is a cancer coping advocate, speaker and published writer for television, radio and other venues across the country. She lives, survives, and thrives in Minnesota with her husband, children and dog. See more at www.cancersurvivorshipcopingtools.com,or www.clutterclearingchoices.com.
It appears the holidays may stress out as many as 88% of Americans and that is before throwing a cancer diagnosis into the data. As a cancer survivor who is several years out from each diagnosis and a simple living speaker-author , I struggle to come up with the best holiday-simplifying advice I can for fellow cancer survivors and their loved ones.
Cancer survivors, whether in active treatment or several years out, may feel weary and emotionally fragile around the holidays. I know I do. The strain of coping with cancer can add to increased frustration and vulnerability during this season. Here, I hope that my thoughts and experience may help you:
Cancer survivors, whether in active treatment or several years out, may feel weary and emotionally fragile around the holidays. I know I do. The strain of coping with cancer can add to increased frustration and vulnerability during this season. Here, I hope that my thoughts and experience may help you:
And laughter also helps...
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