Story from the Cancer Community - CancerChoices



What Would I Ask My Functional Medicine Doctor If I Had Cancer?

Should I ever have cancer, I would ask my functional medicine doctor to help me figure out if I had imbalances that could drive cancer processes.

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Artistic Inspiration at the Commonweal Cancer Help Retreat

One of the Cancer Help Program alums, Myra Eastman, offered to share her experience and her beautiful artwork—inspired by our work together.

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The Therapeutic Value of a Good Pain Assessment

Fully attending to your patient while assessing their pain can powerfully activate belief: a story for health professionals.

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Cherie Sampson: “every.single.one”

Dance as a healing practice is an important throughline in the performance, as it was during my treatment and recovery.

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Suz Mondello: What I’ve Learned from Cancer and Wish for You to Know

Suz Mondello, a friend of Commonweal and alumna of the Cancer Help Program, speaks with CancerChoices staff Michael Lerner about her four-year journey with cancer.

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Suz Mondello: Connecting to Community and Spirit during My Cancer Journey

Suz Mondello, a friend of Commonweal and alumna of the Cancer Help Program, speaks with CancerChoices staff Nancy Hepp and Laura Pole about her four-year journey with cancer.

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Barbara Wolf Terao: Yew and Me

Dealing with something as difficult as cancer, partnerships can easily unravel. Or, if we can manage it, we weave new connections as we call on inner and outer resources previously unknown.

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Suz Mondello: Managing Chronic Pain and Normalizing Life with Cancer

Suz Mondello, a friend of Commonweal and alumna of the Cancer Help Program, speaks with CancerChoices staff Nancy Hepp and Laura Pole about her four-year journey with cancer.

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Suz Mondello: How I Responded to My Diagnosis and Created an Integrative Approach to Care

Suz Mondello, a friend of Commonweal and alumna of the Cancer Help Program, speaks with CancerChoices staff Nancy Hepp and Laura Pole about her four-year journey with cancer.

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M. Patricia Díaz: Overcoming Stage 4 Cancer as a Teen and My Remission Journey to Wellness

When mom took me to her doctor, I was barely able to breathe. I looked at my lungs on the X-ray—one was white and the other black. Shortly after, I was surrounded by doctors and nurses, family and relatives. I had no idea what was happening.

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