International Sarcoma Patient Advocate Network
Article written by Matt Alsante, Arthur Beckert, & Melissa Hill. 2008. Introduction The International Sarcoma Patient Advocate Network (iSPAN) held its second meeting on October 31, 2007 prior to...
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Welcome to Mental Health Mondays
Join the Conversation Greetings and thanks for taking the time to check out our new mental health blog. My name is Courtney, and I’m am a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and osteosarcoma...
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Depression and Anxiety: An Introduction
Understanding Depression & Anxiety Welcome back to Mental Health Monday! This week I want to dive into two of the most common mental health struggles that patients may experience during treatment...
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Scanxiety
Dealing with Scanxiety When I first started treatment, my nerves would get the best of me before every scan. It wasn’t until I joined support groups that I learned that these nerves have a name:...
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Grief
Coping with Grief Today’s post is in honor of National Grief Awareness Day that falls on August 30, 2021. I want to start by saying that there is no right or wrong way to grieve. We all have our own...
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Survivor’s Guilt
Recognizing and Overcoming Survivor’s Guilt Survivor’s guilt – what is it? Well, it’s not just a single thought but a range of emotions that can relate directly to surviving cancer or the experiences...
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Trauma and PTSD: Part One
Understanding Trauma & PTSD What do you think of when I say the word Trauma? You might think about veterans, those in major car accidents or difficult childhoods. But we have come to understand...
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Trauma and PTSD: Part Two
Understanding Trauma & PTSD In my last blog, I talked in technical terms about trauma and the symptoms required for the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Please read this blog...
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New Years
New Year. Welcome 2022. So it’s a new year and this means new goals and new resolutions, right? But for many people the time between December 31 and January 1 is just a night’s sleep. The start of a...
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Body Positivity
Body Positivity and Cancer What is body image? It is the psychological picture of oneself. Our body image is something that often fluctuates throughout our life based our own personal judgement of...
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