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NAVIGATING THE CANCER JOURNEY
Experiencing a Breast Cancer Diagnosis after a Benign Tumor
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/03/experiencing-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-after-a-benign-tumor
What I Did Wrong: Advice for Future Cancer Survivors
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/10/what-i-did-wrong-advice-for-future-cancer-survivors
Journaling about Cancer: A Positive Practice
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/02/journaling-about-cancer-a-positive-practice
Advice on Learning to Listen, or Not, after the Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.curetoday.com/view/advice-on-learning-to-listen-or-not-after-the-cancer-diagnosis
What's In Your Chemo Tote?
https://www.curetoday.com/view/whats-in-your-chemo-tote
Hoping for Healthcare Before, During and After Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/hoping-for-healthcare-before-during-and-after-cancer
Cancer and the Blame Game
https://www.curetoday.com/view/cancer-and-the-blame-game
How to Avoid Falling through the Cracks: Cancer Assistance Tips
https://www.curetoday.com/view/how-to-avoid-falling-through-the-cracks-cancer-assistance-tips
Keeping Track of Your Medical Records
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/09/keeping-track-of-your-medical-records
When Your Dog Dies: Balancing Cancer and Depression
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-your-dog-dies-balancing-cancer-and-depression
THE CHANGING BODY
This Little Body of Mine: A Song to Live By
https://www.curetoday.com/view/this-little-body-of-mine-a-song-to-live-by
Trying Out A(nother) Breast Form After a Mastectomy
https://www.curetoday.com/view/trying-out-another-breast-form-after-a-mastectomy
The Poetics of Prosthetic Bras
https://www.curetoday.com/view/the-poetics-of-prosthetic-bras
Old Bras Teach a Survivor New Lessons
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/06/old-bras-teaching-a-survivor-a-new-lesson
Nudes and Breast Cancer: Personal Documentary and Art
https://www.curetoday.com/view/nudes-and-breast-cancer-personal-documentary-and-art
Survivors and Mammograms
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/10/Survivors-and-Mammograms/
Why My “Normal” Breast Now Feels Like a Liability
https://www.curetoday.com/view/why-my-normal-breast-now-feels-like-a-liability
MAKING THE MOST OF SURVIVORSHIP
When Cancer Invites Random Acts of Kindness
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-cancer-invites-random-acts-of-kindness
New Memories are a Cure for Cancer Overload
https://www.curetoday.com/view/new-memories-are-a-cure-for-cancer-overload
It’s Not Always about the Cancer: A Mantra for Survivors
https://www.curetoday.com/view/it-is-not-always-about-the-cancer-a-mantra-for-survivors
Surviving Cancer on Valentine’s Day
https://www.curetoday.com/view/surviving-cancer-on-valentines-day
Wishing Cancer Survivors a New Year with Fewer Fears
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/01/wishing-cancer-survivors-a-new-year-with-fewer-fears
Relay for Life: A Volunteer Opportunity for Survivors
https://www.curetoday.com/view/relay-for-life-a-volunteer-opportunity-for-survivors
Tips for a New Year of Health for the Cancer Survivor
https://www.curetoday.com/view/tips-for-a-new-year-of-health-for-the-cancer-survivor
Meltdown in the MRI: Don’t Do What I Did
https://www.curetoday.com/view/meltdown-in-the-mri-dont-do-what-i-did
A Cancer Survivor’s Perspective on No-Shave November
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-cancer-survivors-perspective-on-no-shave-november
A Cancer Survivor Contemplates Retirement
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/06/a-cancer-survivor-contemplates-retirement
Cancer and Its Gift of Emotional Resilience
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/05/cancer-and-its-gift-of-emotional-resilience
Letting the Water Under the Bridge
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/01/letting-the-water-under-the-bridge
Musing about the Opioid Crisis and Cancer Survivorship
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/08/musing-about-the-opioid-crisis-and-cancer-survivorship
How I’m Handling Pinktober this Year
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/10/How-Im-Handling-Pinktober-This-Year/
Surviving Breast Cancer and Its Side Effects One Exercise at a Time
https://www.curetoday.com/view/surviving-breast-cancer-and-its-side-effects-one-exercise-at-a-time
A Cancer Survivor Versus the Common Cold
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-cancer-survivor-versus-the-common-cold
When Fear Interferes with Cancer Survivorship, Savor Life!
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-fear-interferes-with-cancer-survivorship-savor-life
THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF CANCER TREATMENT
The Elephant in the Room: Cancer Made Me Clumsier
https://www.curetoday.com/view/the-elephant-in-the-room-cancer-treatment-made-me-clumsier
Chemo Brain: The Elephant in the Room
https://www.curetoday.com/view/chemo-brain-the-elephant-in-the-room
Dealing with Shoulder Pain after Breast Cancer Treatment
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dealing-with-shoulder-pain-after-breast-cancer-treatment
Dermatology Check-ups After Breast Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dermatology-checkups-after-breast-cancer
Navigating the Long-term Effects of Cancer Treatment Is a Reminder of a New Normal
https://www.curetoday.com/view/navigating-the-long-term-effects-of-cancer-treatment-are-reminders-of-a-new-normal-
When the New Normal after Cancer Means New Hair
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/02/when-the-new-normal-after-cancer-means-new-hair
DEALING WITH LYMPHEDEMA
Summer Fun with Lymphedema
https://www.curetoday.com/view/summer-fun-with-lymphedema
Avoid Extremes, Hot and Cold, With Lymphedema
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/01/avoid-extremes-hot-and-cold-with-lymphedema
Dealing with Lymphedema in the Home Office
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/04/dealing-with-lymphedema-in-the-home-office
It Takes Two: Lessons in Lymphedema Management after a Wrist Fracture
https://www.curetoday.com/view/it-takes-two-lessons-in-lymphedema-management-after-a-wrist-fracture
CANCER IN THE FAMILY
What if Cancer is in the Cards?
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/12/what-if-cancer-is-in-the-cards
When Cancer Clusters, Create a Medical Family Tree
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-cancer-clusters-create-a-medical-family-tree
Genes Can Help Us Understand Cancer and Other Health Issues
https://www.curetoday.com/view/genes-can-help-us-understand-cancer-and-other-health-issues
WHEN OTHERS GET CANCER
Advice for Cancer Advice Givers
https://www.curetoday.com/view/advice-for-the-cancer-advice-givers
Team Spirit for Team Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/team-spirit-for-team-cancer
Breast Cancer and Dementia: One Caregiver’s Story
https://www.curetoday.com/view/breast-cancer-and-dementia-one-caregivers-story
How to Pray about Cancer (Without Upsetting Everybody)
https://www.curetoday.com/view/how-to-pray-about-cancer-without-upsetting-everybody
Five Holiday Tips for Families with Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/5-holiday-tips-for-families-with-cancer
Connecting Cancer with Comfort, Compassion, Care and Commiseration
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/09/connecting-cancer-with-comfort-compassion-care-and-commiseration
Celebrating a Life Lost to Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/12/celebrating-a-life-lost-to-cancer
My Candle in the Wind: Remember a Loss to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/My-Candle-in-the-Wind-Remembering-a-Loss-to-Hodgkins-Lymphoma
Women’s History Month: Honoring Senator Ellis, Pioneer Legislator and Cancer Survivor
https://www.curetoday.com/view/womens-history-month-honoring-senator-ellis-pioneer-legislator-and-cancer-survivor
Remembering Cancer Role Models
https://www.curetoday.com/view/remembering-cancer-role-models
A Survivor Reflects on Cancer’s Toll
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-survivor-reflects-on-cancer-s-toll
Don’t Let Cancer Steal Christmas
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dont-let-the-cancer-steal-christmas
MISC. MUSINGS
A Pep Talk on Covid-19 Vaccinations from a Cancer Survivor
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-pep-talk-on-covid-19-vaccinations-from-a-cancer-survivor
Dolls and Cancer: A Christmas Reverie
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dolls-and-cancer-a-christmas-reverie
How Hamsters, Among Others, Helped to Save My Life after a Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.curetoday.com/view/how-hamsters-among-others-helped-to-save-my-life-after-a-cancer-diagnosis
Chemo, Septic Systems and Superfund Sites
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/09/chemo-septic-systems-and-superfund-sites
The Devil We Know: Secondhand Smoke and Cancer Fears https://www.curetoday.com/view/the-devil-we-know-secondhand-smoke-and-cancer-fears
Advice for Clinicians on Helping Survivors through Mammograms
https://www.curetoday.com/view/advice-for-clinicians-on-helping-survivors-through-mammograms
Disclaimer: I write from my perspective about my experiences just as I respect the diverse experiences of cancer survivors with other stories to tell. I am not a medical professional.
Giving Back to the Cancer Community
Cure Today holds rights to these publications.
NAVIGATING THE CANCER JOURNEY
Experiencing a Breast Cancer Diagnosis after a Benign Tumor
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/03/experiencing-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis-after-a-benign-tumor
What I Did Wrong: Advice for Future Cancer Survivors
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/10/what-i-did-wrong-advice-for-future-cancer-survivors
Journaling about Cancer: A Positive Practice
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/02/journaling-about-cancer-a-positive-practice
Advice on Learning to Listen, or Not, after the Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.curetoday.com/view/advice-on-learning-to-listen-or-not-after-the-cancer-diagnosis
What's In Your Chemo Tote?
https://www.curetoday.com/view/whats-in-your-chemo-tote
Hoping for Healthcare Before, During and After Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/hoping-for-healthcare-before-during-and-after-cancer
Cancer and the Blame Game
https://www.curetoday.com/view/cancer-and-the-blame-game
How to Avoid Falling through the Cracks: Cancer Assistance Tips
https://www.curetoday.com/view/how-to-avoid-falling-through-the-cracks-cancer-assistance-tips
Keeping Track of Your Medical Records
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/09/keeping-track-of-your-medical-records
When Your Dog Dies: Balancing Cancer and Depression
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-your-dog-dies-balancing-cancer-and-depression
THE CHANGING BODY
This Little Body of Mine: A Song to Live By
https://www.curetoday.com/view/this-little-body-of-mine-a-song-to-live-by
Trying Out A(nother) Breast Form After a Mastectomy
https://www.curetoday.com/view/trying-out-another-breast-form-after-a-mastectomy
The Poetics of Prosthetic Bras
https://www.curetoday.com/view/the-poetics-of-prosthetic-bras
Old Bras Teach a Survivor New Lessons
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/06/old-bras-teaching-a-survivor-a-new-lesson
Nudes and Breast Cancer: Personal Documentary and Art
https://www.curetoday.com/view/nudes-and-breast-cancer-personal-documentary-and-art
Survivors and Mammograms
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/10/Survivors-and-Mammograms/
Why My “Normal” Breast Now Feels Like a Liability
https://www.curetoday.com/view/why-my-normal-breast-now-feels-like-a-liability
MAKING THE MOST OF SURVIVORSHIP
When Cancer Invites Random Acts of Kindness
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-cancer-invites-random-acts-of-kindness
New Memories are a Cure for Cancer Overload
https://www.curetoday.com/view/new-memories-are-a-cure-for-cancer-overload
It’s Not Always about the Cancer: A Mantra for Survivors
https://www.curetoday.com/view/it-is-not-always-about-the-cancer-a-mantra-for-survivors
Surviving Cancer on Valentine’s Day
https://www.curetoday.com/view/surviving-cancer-on-valentines-day
Wishing Cancer Survivors a New Year with Fewer Fears
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/01/wishing-cancer-survivors-a-new-year-with-fewer-fears
Relay for Life: A Volunteer Opportunity for Survivors
https://www.curetoday.com/view/relay-for-life-a-volunteer-opportunity-for-survivors
Tips for a New Year of Health for the Cancer Survivor
https://www.curetoday.com/view/tips-for-a-new-year-of-health-for-the-cancer-survivor
Meltdown in the MRI: Don’t Do What I Did
https://www.curetoday.com/view/meltdown-in-the-mri-dont-do-what-i-did
A Cancer Survivor’s Perspective on No-Shave November
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-cancer-survivors-perspective-on-no-shave-november
A Cancer Survivor Contemplates Retirement
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/06/a-cancer-survivor-contemplates-retirement
Cancer and Its Gift of Emotional Resilience
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/05/cancer-and-its-gift-of-emotional-resilience
Letting the Water Under the Bridge
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/01/letting-the-water-under-the-bridge
Musing about the Opioid Crisis and Cancer Survivorship
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/08/musing-about-the-opioid-crisis-and-cancer-survivorship
How I’m Handling Pinktober this Year
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/10/How-Im-Handling-Pinktober-This-Year/
Surviving Breast Cancer and Its Side Effects One Exercise at a Time
https://www.curetoday.com/view/surviving-breast-cancer-and-its-side-effects-one-exercise-at-a-time
A Cancer Survivor Versus the Common Cold
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-cancer-survivor-versus-the-common-cold
When Fear Interferes with Cancer Survivorship, Savor Life!
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-fear-interferes-with-cancer-survivorship-savor-life
THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF CANCER TREATMENT
The Elephant in the Room: Cancer Made Me Clumsier
https://www.curetoday.com/view/the-elephant-in-the-room-cancer-treatment-made-me-clumsier
Chemo Brain: The Elephant in the Room
https://www.curetoday.com/view/chemo-brain-the-elephant-in-the-room
Dealing with Shoulder Pain after Breast Cancer Treatment
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dealing-with-shoulder-pain-after-breast-cancer-treatment
Dermatology Check-ups After Breast Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dermatology-checkups-after-breast-cancer
Navigating the Long-term Effects of Cancer Treatment Is a Reminder of a New Normal
https://www.curetoday.com/view/navigating-the-long-term-effects-of-cancer-treatment-are-reminders-of-a-new-normal-
When the New Normal after Cancer Means New Hair
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/02/when-the-new-normal-after-cancer-means-new-hair
DEALING WITH LYMPHEDEMA
Summer Fun with Lymphedema
https://www.curetoday.com/view/summer-fun-with-lymphedema
Avoid Extremes, Hot and Cold, With Lymphedema
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/01/avoid-extremes-hot-and-cold-with-lymphedema
Dealing with Lymphedema in the Home Office
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2020/04/dealing-with-lymphedema-in-the-home-office
It Takes Two: Lessons in Lymphedema Management after a Wrist Fracture
https://www.curetoday.com/view/it-takes-two-lessons-in-lymphedema-management-after-a-wrist-fracture
CANCER IN THE FAMILY
What if Cancer is in the Cards?
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/12/what-if-cancer-is-in-the-cards
When Cancer Clusters, Create a Medical Family Tree
https://www.curetoday.com/view/when-cancer-clusters-create-a-medical-family-tree
Genes Can Help Us Understand Cancer and Other Health Issues
https://www.curetoday.com/view/genes-can-help-us-understand-cancer-and-other-health-issues
WHEN OTHERS GET CANCER
Advice for Cancer Advice Givers
https://www.curetoday.com/view/advice-for-the-cancer-advice-givers
Team Spirit for Team Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/team-spirit-for-team-cancer
Breast Cancer and Dementia: One Caregiver’s Story
https://www.curetoday.com/view/breast-cancer-and-dementia-one-caregivers-story
How to Pray about Cancer (Without Upsetting Everybody)
https://www.curetoday.com/view/how-to-pray-about-cancer-without-upsetting-everybody
Five Holiday Tips for Families with Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/view/5-holiday-tips-for-families-with-cancer
Connecting Cancer with Comfort, Compassion, Care and Commiseration
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/09/connecting-cancer-with-comfort-compassion-care-and-commiseration
Celebrating a Life Lost to Cancer
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2019/12/celebrating-a-life-lost-to-cancer
My Candle in the Wind: Remember a Loss to Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/My-Candle-in-the-Wind-Remembering-a-Loss-to-Hodgkins-Lymphoma
Women’s History Month: Honoring Senator Ellis, Pioneer Legislator and Cancer Survivor
https://www.curetoday.com/view/womens-history-month-honoring-senator-ellis-pioneer-legislator-and-cancer-survivor
Remembering Cancer Role Models
https://www.curetoday.com/view/remembering-cancer-role-models
A Survivor Reflects on Cancer’s Toll
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-survivor-reflects-on-cancer-s-toll
Don’t Let Cancer Steal Christmas
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dont-let-the-cancer-steal-christmas
MISC. MUSINGS
A Pep Talk on Covid-19 Vaccinations from a Cancer Survivor
https://www.curetoday.com/view/a-pep-talk-on-covid-19-vaccinations-from-a-cancer-survivor
Dolls and Cancer: A Christmas Reverie
https://www.curetoday.com/view/dolls-and-cancer-a-christmas-reverie
How Hamsters, Among Others, Helped to Save My Life after a Cancer Diagnosis
https://www.curetoday.com/view/how-hamsters-among-others-helped-to-save-my-life-after-a-cancer-diagnosis
Chemo, Septic Systems and Superfund Sites
https://www.curetoday.com/community/felicia-mitchell/2018/09/chemo-septic-systems-and-superfund-sites
The Devil We Know: Secondhand Smoke and Cancer Fears https://www.curetoday.com/view/the-devil-we-know-secondhand-smoke-and-cancer-fears
Advice for Clinicians on Helping Survivors through Mammograms
https://www.curetoday.com/view/advice-for-clinicians-on-helping-survivors-through-mammograms
Disclaimer: I write from my perspective about my experiences just as I respect the diverse experiences of cancer survivors with other stories to tell. I am not a medical professional.