The New Year -- Time for Rejuvenation!  If you’re going through treatment and one of your New Year’s resolutions is to exercise when you feel up to it, here are some great suggestions from the doctors at WebMD.  Not only can exercise chase away the winter blues and reduce fatigue, there is also evidence to suggest that exercise can help reduce the incidence of cancer recurrence.  It can also help with weight control, another major factor in fending off a recurrence, according to the American Cancer Society.

If you didn’t get the cozy pair of pajamas you were hoping for during the holidays, treat yourself with comfy snuggle fleece PJs, sure to keep you warm on those cold winter nights – or even as you rest during the day after your treatments.

Holidays are a perfect time to thank the people in our lives for their hard work, kindness and support throughout the year. For many of us that includes caregivers, and members of our medical team. (For me, that’s my oncology nurse Jan- who always returns my calls quickly and patiently answers my many questions!)

Post-op hernias make it hard to dress! What can you suggest?

One of the side effects many women are unprepared for following abdominal surgery is swelling.

Sweet dreams are often hard to come by during cancer treatment.

Explaining hair loss to a young child can be a challenge.

The first sign of summer following my double mastectomy filled me with dread. As happy as I was to say goodbye to winter snow, the thought of mastectomy swimwear made my blood run cold.

Today is my birthday. In the midst of finals, school picnics, graduations, camp shopping, intense (and often loud) summer family planning, June 24th only becomes real to me as the camp bus filled with my kids (and way too much luggage) turns and fades out of sight.

When it comes to pants, I expect them to do a lot for me. I want them to be comfortable, yet slimming (emphasis on the slimming) for when I am doing a downward dog on my yoga mat or when I am at the bus stop picking up my kids.