What I've learned as a mom and brain tumor caregiver

My Life With a Brain Tumor - Scholastic Choices

The reality of what I was doing didn't hit me until the morning of the procedure. My mom couldn't go farther into the hospital than ...

Unmet support needs in teenage and young adult childhood brain ...

This qualitative study provides insight into the unmet supportive care needs of TYA childhood brain tumour survivors and their caregivers. Our ...

Inspiration Stories - CERN Foundation

Bruce, an ependymoma survivor, brain tumor advocate, facilitator of two brain tumor support groups, grandfather, believer, and teller of bad jokes shares his ...

My turn: From cancer caregiver to cancer patient

My physical therapist advised how important exercise is throughout your cancer journey, as it is good for your body, helps you feel better and ...

First We Got Engaged. Then I Became My Husband's Caregiver

Through learning that, I began the process of understanding the need to care for myself, and then I began learning to listen to my own emotions, ...

What matters to persons living with brain tumors and their informal ...

It has been found that informal caregivers of persons living with brain tumors may need encouragement to engage existing social relations in alleviating their ...

Brain Cancer Was Supposed to Kill Me. Instead, It Gave Me a ...

I know it sounds a bit crazy, but as I've often told people, my brain tumor is the best thing that's ever happened to me. Friends and colleagues ...

Grief and Loss Are Different When You're the Caregiver

After years of blaming myself, writing and grief therapy helped me move forward after my mother's death · Don't Journey Alone: How to Find ...

Lessons I Learned From Caregiving | Mayo Clinic Connect

5 -- I've heard XYZ is a good (person/company) have you ever tried ... old mother and I thought I'd pass along some things that I learned.

Mom With Brain Cancer Reveals How She's Preparing Her Children

A young mom who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer shares how she told her kids and how she's preparing them for the future without ...

What Happens When the Cancer Caregiver Needs a Caregiver?

“I was able to mentor a couple of people whose children had either brain tumors or cancer and be with them through their journey of their child ...

From a Caregiver to a Patient with Advanced Brain Cancer - Conquer

The minute I started living with a disease instead of in spite of a disease, the tide turned, the sun shone brighter, and I knew I wanted to be an advocate to ...

Coping strategies used by caregivers of children with newly ...

Previous studies have indicated that parental stress is significant, with up to 51% of parents of a child with a brain tumor experiencing ...

Long-term Effects - Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation

Research shows that many childhood brain cancer survivors have a long-lasting feeling of uncertainty about the future.

Future pediatric oncologist is grateful for whole-person cancer care

“I think with more distance from chemo and the trauma, I've realized oncology is where I want to go. I want to provide that same care that I ...

The Guilt That Guides Me - Children's Cancer Research Fund

I share with them how I became involved in the world of childhood cancer. I let them know that my son survived brain cancer, even if their children haven't ...

7 Parenting Lessons I Learned When I Became My Ill Mother's ...

My mother is a storyteller. Cancer didn't even stopped her from being one. Despite the struggle to utter words (there wasn't a moment you can't ...

I'm Humbled by the Gifts Given to Us - Open Caregiving

What did your life look like when you became a caregiver? ... Caregiving began suddenly. My then five-year-old son was diagnosed with a brain tumor. One weekend ...

Being your own caregiver during cancer

My people made meals, did chores, took me for walks and hauled me to and from the hospital as needed. They opened my pill bottles (chemo can ...

My mom's journey through breast cancer and what it has taught me

I have also learned a sense of independence and responsibility. A byproduct of my mom's continued fight with metastatic breast cancer left her ...