Caregiver Tips

37 Calming Affirmations to Find Inner Peace For Families with Cancer.
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37 Calming Affirmations to Find Inner Peace For Families with Cancer.

There is no way to fully prepare for what’s coming when cancer explodes into your family. Suddenly you’re having terrifying conversations you never thought you’d be having, your anxiety is off the charts, and the stress involved is earth-shattering.   A cancer diagnosis is triggering.  It spews feelings of fear, hopelessness, and despair.  Everything that comes…

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43 Skin Care Gift Ideas That Are Perfect For Someone With Cancer.

A major symptom of cancer and cancer treatment is severely dry skin.  Skin that feels rough and coarse like sandpaper.   The thing about incredibly coarse, dry skin… It hurts.   And when you’re knee-deep in a cancer fight you don’t need to deal with that type of pain on top of everything else.  Painful skin is…

Easiest Cancer Binder for Important documents plus free printables
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The Easiest Cancer Binder For Important Documents Plus Free Printables.

When my dad was first diagnosed with Lung Cancer, we lost an important disk containing scans, records, and other information we needed for the admissions process at Memorial Sloan Kettering. We wasted hours looking for that disk and then another full day (and the additional cost) of having another one made.   I still have no…

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How To Find Cheap Family Activities (Plus Great Travel Tips) for People With Cancer.

What’s that saying? Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you respond to it? When my dad was first diagnosed with Lung Cancer, the doctors told us we had “days to weeks” left together.  Thankfully, God had a better plan. Our cancer journey lasted 21 months, and we fought a battle together…

Woman sitting on the edge of the bed stretching her back. Text overlay says 13 Pain Relieving Gifts for Back Pain for Caregivers (That Really Work)
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13 Pain Relieving Gifts for Back Pain for Caregivers (That Really Work).

There’s a lot of unique gifts for back pain floating around out there but most of them don’t work. Take it from someone with lower back pain, bulging discs, sciatica, and wicked spasms that sometimes knock me right off my feet.   For 18 years I worked with aggressive children with substantial behavioral issues and for…