Embrace self-care
No matter where you are in your cancer experience, taking care of yourself – body, mind and soul – will help you feel and be the best that you can be.
Mental Health
It is possible that you may go through mood swings, periods of anxiety and even episodes of depression following a blood cancer diagnosis and/or treatment. This can feel distressing and isolating, but it is unlikely to improve if you don’t ask for or accept help. Blood cancer survivors and healthcare experts offer their views on cancer-related mental health issues
and offer tools to help you cope.
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Mental Health and Wellness After Cancer Treatment
Barry Yhard is a Lymphoma survivor currently employed with the Canadian Forces Health Services Group. He is certified by the Surgeon General as a mental…
Cancer Related Distress
Margo Kennedy is an oncology social worker at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto Ontario. "Our cancer care systems pay a great deal of atte…
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Inspiring Survivor Stories: Darren Bessette
Darren Bessette, a husband and father of three teenaged girls and two time survivor of a Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Diffuse large B-cell) from Ottawa, shares…
Fear of Cancer Recurrence
Learn more about the fear of recurrence.
Managing fear of cancer recurrence / Your life after cancer conference 2022
Experiencing a fear of cancer recurrence is very normal. Most cancer survivors will experience the fear that their cancer will come back or progress. In…
Cancer-Related Distress
In this animated video, the character talks about the emotional and psychological impact of the diagnosis on himself and his family, as well as the impo…
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Blood cancer and your emotions
Learn about the emotions people living with cancer commonly experience, understand the symptoms and know when to get help, and find strategies and resou…
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Know the signs of PTSD
Strange as it may seem, it is possible to suffer posttraumatic stress disorder after a cancer experience. You may have a deep emotional response to thoughts or memories of your experience with cancer for months or even years after you have recovered from your illness.
Not everyone who has cancer will have the disorder and those who do can recover from the disorder with proper diagnosis and timely treatment.
To learn more about this visit the CAMH website.
Not everyone who has cancer will have the disorder and those who do can recover from the disorder with proper diagnosis and timely treatment.
To learn more about this visit the CAMH website.
Journaling & Mindfulness
Journaling
Research has shown that writing or keeping a journal helps to reduce stress. We teamed up with a wellness coach to produce a podcast and accompanying journal to print at home that walk you through a mindful journaling practice.
Self-reflection journal
Journaling may have benefits for you no matter where you are in your cancer experience. It can help manage stress, solve problems more effectively, get …
Journaling and Mindfulness
Journaling may have benefits for you no matter where you are in your cancer experience. The practice can help manage stress, help you solve problems mor…
Art therapy
Whether you have experience creating art or not, these Mindfulness Art Making videos will show you how to find calm while you express yourself through art.
Mindful Art Making 1: Watercolour
Part 1 of 3. Whether you have experience creating art or not, these Mindfulness Art Making videos will show you how to find calm while you express yours…
Mindful Art Making 2: Symbols with Acrylic Paint
Part 2 of 3. Whether you have experience creating art or not, these Mindfulness Art Making videos will show you how to find calm while you express yours…
Mindful Art Making 3: Blackout Poetry
Part 3 of 3. Whether you have experience creating art or not, these Mindfulness Art Making videos will show you how to find calm while you express yours…