Cancer. Surgery. Chemo. Radiation. Adjuvant Therapies. All are life-changing. body-changing, and/or intimacy-changing. In honor of Valentine’s Day, explore the impact of cancer and cancer treatment on intimate relationships through previous Firefly blogs: Read Intimacy After Breast Cancer, as Jennifer Heirlinger, … Continue reading →
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Parenting Through Cancer: Ease the Guilt
Guilt. It plagues us all from time to time. Many of us impose guilt onto ourselves for the smallest to largest of infractions, everything from skipping an evening workout to missing a child’s band concert. If you’re guilty of this … Continue reading →
Read MorePerspectives in Breast Cancer Care: The Nurse Navigator
For many, getting in a car and driving to work, doctor appointments, shopping, or visiting family and friends is a daily occurrence, made easier by years of driving the same route or the GPS on our cell phones. Amazingly, there … Continue reading →
Read MoreHoliday Survival for the Cancer Survivor
The “Holidays”: that time of year between Halloween and New Year’s Day. A time of year that is often filled with family gatherings, delicious food, gift-giving, and (well, let’s be honest here) stress. At Firefly, we understand that a cancer … Continue reading →
Read MoreIntimate Relationships Following a Cancer Diagnosis: Can We Adapt?
Ten years into their marriage, Davon* and his wife, Makayla, were in the throes of parenting two toddlers when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. “The night before Makayla had her double mastectomy, she said to me, ‘Do you … Continue reading →
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