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New Year, New Attitude
Each new year, many make resolutions for change. For the person with cancer, resolutions are important but also need to be realistic.
BY Bonnie Annis
PUBLISHED December 31, 2019
Bonnie Annis is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2014 with stage 2b invasive ductal carcinoma with metastasis to the lymph nodes. She is an avid photographer, freelance writer/blogger, wife, mother and grandmother.
The new year always slides in with a bang and with it come hopes and dreams for a better future. It’s an exciting time of year for me. It’s a clean slate, the chance for a do over.
But I haven’t always looked to the new year with anticipation.
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I wasn’t sure I’d see the new year. I was diagnosed in July and the new year was six months away. All I could think about was getting through the day. There were no plans for the future. Thankfully, as fate would have it, I made it through the rest of that year and did celebrate the new year, but I did so with great trepidation.
Five cancerversaries have passed since that initial diagnosis, and each year since has been better than the one before it.
But I haven’t always looked to the new year with anticipation.
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer, I wasn’t sure I’d see the new year. I was diagnosed in July and the new year was six months away. All I could think about was getting through the day. There were no plans for the future. Thankfully, as fate would have it, I made it through the rest of that year and did celebrate the new year, but I did so with great trepidation.
Five cancerversaries have passed since that initial diagnosis, and each year since has been better than the one before it.
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Friday, January 3, 2020
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With Holidays Over, Weed Out Your Clutter To Tame Cancer Worries
This two-time cancer survivor writes to-do lists and weeds out her cancer clutter and home after the New Year, resulting in less physical and mental clutter, and less worry.
BY Barbara Tako
PUBLISHED January 03, 2020
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.
Are you feeling worn down after the holidays and a little bit bewildered by the New Year? When there is physical clutter, cancer or other types around my home, it adds to my stress and mental clutter. As a clutter clearing speaker-author as well as a cancer survivor (still here after two cancers), I like to share my tips to ease your cancer-cluttered thoughts and home.
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
New Year's Resolutions and Cancer Coping Through The New Year
A breast cancer and melanoma survivor encourages looking forward to the New Year.
BY Barbara Tako
PUBLISHED December 31, 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.
Maybe part of it is the short, cloudy days and long, cold winter nights. Fellow cancer survivors, I must confess that I worry a lot. I think about my worries a lot. I focus on my fears. Too many of those fears are about the possibility of cancer returning and about death — my own and that of my loved ones. It really is not helpful, soothing or energizing to do this. In fact, it is time spent spinning my wheels when I could be doing other things. The things I could be doing instead just might be more productive or even just plain fun. I give myself permission to consider and reconsider the following thoughts to get out of my tailspin.
Not an instant death sentence. When first diagnosed with cancer over nine years ago, I thought and felt like it was an instant death sentence. Should I be a bit sheepish? The first diagnosis was breast cancer. The second diagnosis was an unrelated melanoma four years later. Last year was the discovery of my gene mutation called PALB2 that resulted in a prophylactic double mastectomy for me. And now? Now the doctors are monitoring intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms in my pancreas that could turn cancerous. Still, life has gone on, for almost 10 years since my first diagnosis. I am still here. Hang onto your hope!
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