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Cancer Patient

10 Things You Should (And 10 You Shouldn't) Say To A Friend With Cancer

Alicia Garey | Posted 03.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Chemotherarpy, Cancer Services, Breast Cancer, Women's Health, Personal Health, Cancer Help, Friend With Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Family With Cancer, Cancer Patient, Cancer Advice, Healthy Living News
Alicia Garey

No one deliberately says something hurtful to someone diagnosed with a disease. But sometimes, it comes out, and it's hard to stop.

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Sometimes

Lisa Bonchek Adams | Posted 03.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Generation Why, Cancer, Cancer Patient, Cancer Poem, Cancer Survivor, Healthy Living News
Lisa Bonchek Adams

Sometimes doing everything you can is not enough. Sometimes your best isn't good enough. Sometimes things don't work out the way you want. Sometimes it just isn't fair.

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In the Moment

Robert Johnston | Posted 03.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Doctor, Acting, Generation Why, Cancer, Doctor Listening, Doctor's Office, Cancer Patient, Acting Class, Healthy Living News
Robert Johnston

If the doctor is talking to fast and you can't remember what he said two sentences ago? Speak up! Ask him to repeat himself. It's also a good idea to bring someone along with you that can be there to hear things as well.

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You Look Great; You'd Never Know

Lisa Bonchek Adams | Posted 03.10.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cancer Image, Cancer, Generation Why, Parenting Cancer, Cancer Patient, Cancer Poem, Cancer Survivor, Healthy Living News
Lisa Bonchek Adams

Sometimes they say, "You don't look sick at all. You'd never know."

For now I know it's true.

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Machete Attack Survivor Is Diagnosed With Cancer

Posted 08.28.2012 | Latino Voices
Read More: Maria Del Carmen Gomez Machete Cancer, Maria Del Carmen Gomez Machete Attack Survivor, Maria Del Carmen Gomez, Machete Attack, Video, Machete Attack Survivor Diagnosed Cancer, Armando Vergara-Martinez, Latino-Prosperity, Hispanics, Maria Del Carmen Gomez Machete Attack, Cancer Patient, Maria Del Carmen Gomez Diagnosed Cancer, Latino Voices News

After surviving a brutal machete attack by an ex-boyfriend, it seemed things were looking up for Maria Del Carmen Gomez, until she received some more ...

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'NY Med': Cancer Patient Comforts Doctor After Bad Prognosis

Posted 08.22.2012 | TV
Read More: TV Canada, Ny Med, Video, Bad Prognosis, Reality TV, Tv Replay, Inoperable Cancer, Cancer Patient, TV News

One of the most difficult tasks for any doctor is delivering bad news to their patients. On this week's episode of "NY Med" (Tue., 10 p.m. ET on ABC),...

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WATCH: Cancer Patient Says Tearful Goodbye In Final Video Blog

Huffington Post | Laura Rothkopf | Posted 08.18.2012 | Impact
Read More: Leukemia, Ironman for Leukemia, Video, Inspirational, Charity, Perseverance, Mclean Family, Eric Mclean, Slideexpand, Cancer Patient, l.i.f.e., Life, Eric's Confessions, Impact News

Eric McLean of Two Rivers, Wisc., is a paragon of perseverance. The 28-year-old who spent the majority of his life battling Leukemia began document...

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Donors Fulfill Cancer Patient's Dying Wish To Marry

Posted 01.10.2012 | Impact
Read More: Facebook Fundraising, Susanna Espinoza, Wedding, Brandon Martinez, Leukemia, Video, California, Dying Wish, Cancer Patient's Dying Wish, Good News, Cancer Patient, Impact News

When Susanna Espinoza heard the devastating news on Christmas Eve that she had only a few months to live, her boyfriend proposed, hoping to make the s...

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