Living Well With Cancer

Eating healthy, getting plenty of sleep, and staying positive may not be easy, but it can help get you through treatment. Explore valuable resources and information to help you stay strong throughout your cancer treatment journey.

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  • How to Maintain Intimacy During Cancer Care
    Author: Lucy Maher
    During treatment, when you need loved ones most, you may feel disconnected. Due to changes in your body and energy level, you may have little desire for intimacy. Here are some tips to maintain intimacy throughout treatment.
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  • How Smoking Affects Cancer Treatment—and 3 Tips for Quitting
    Author: Robin Searles
    Smoking can negatively affect your ability to be treated for and recover from a cancer diagnosis. Quitting tobacco use can significantly improve your chances for the best possible health outcomes during treatment and recovery.
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  • Managing Weight Fluctuation During Cancer Treatment
    Author: Lucy Maher
    Weight changes are an often unexpected side effect of receiving cancer treatment. Here, we offer tips to help you manage your weight in a healthy way.
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  • ‪Cancer Treatment: Managing Your Medications
    Source: Cancer Support Community
    Cancer treatment often involves chemotherapy or targeted therapy to treat the cancer—as well as other medications for managing side effects. It is important to keep track of the medication you are taking using these tips.
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  • ‪Exercise Was Key to My Recovery‬
    Source: Cancer Support Community
    Watch a brief video of Shelley, a retired health and physical education teacher, as she shares her story about how exercise helped her physically and emotionally get through cancer. NOTE: Talk to your doctor about what exercises are right for you.
  • Cancer Treatment: Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle
    Source: Cancer Support Community
    Taking steps to ensure you are maintaining a healthy lifestyle can make a world of difference in how you get through your cancer journey.
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  • Improving Quality of Life
    Source: Cancer Support Community
    Ten actions you can take to improve your quality of life.
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  • Managing Cancer as a Chronic Illness
    Source: American Cancer Society
    Cancer can be a chronic (ongoing) illness, much like diabetes or heart disease. Living with cancer is different from living after cancer.
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  • Preventing Infections
    Source: Cancer Support Community
    Chemotherapy and other cancer treatments can affect the blood cells that protect against disease. This is why cancer patients are at increased risk of getting an infection and may get sick more easily. There are many preventative steps that you can take to stay healthy.
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  • Exercise Videos for Cancer Patients
    Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
    Stay active through your treatment journey. Discover different exercise videos for cancer patients and survivors that may help improve physical fitness, nutrition, quality of life, or cancer prognosis.
  • Recipe Gallery During Cancer Treatment
    Source: Cancer Support Community​
    A healthy diet is an important part of any cancer patient’s journey. Explore an abundance of recipes for cancer patients that may help prevent weight loss, lack of appetite, and more.
  • Record Your Medicine Worksheet
    Source: American Cancer Society
    Download a worksheet to help you keep track of the different medicines you are taking, and when you take them.
  • Working During Cancer Treatment
    Source: American Cancer Society
    Whether you can work during cancer treatment depends on several factors.
  • Physical Activity and the Cancer Patient
    Source: American Cancer Society
    Regular exercise has been found to have health benefits for people with cancer. NOTE: Talk to your doctor about what exercises are right for you.
  • ‪Living Healthy With Cancer
    Source: Cancer Support Community
    A downloadable resource to help keep people with cancer healthy—including tips on eating healthy, keeping physically active, thinking positively, and more.
  • Nutrition for the Person With Cancer During Treatment
    Source: American Cancer Society
    An online guide highlighting the importance of eating the right kinds of foods before, during, and after treatment, so you can feel better and stay stronger. NOTE: Talk to your doctor before starting a new nutrition plan.