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Living with Illness & offering support to others

Below are the best resources we could find on Living with Illness and offering support to others.

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Cancer Patients on How to Talk to Them About Having Cancer

Vice talks to three cancer patients and survivors to get a better understanding for how to treat people with the illness.

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Help Me to Heal

Suitable for patients, visitors, and caregivers, this title includes strategies which help them become participants in the healing process—and are then able to communicate their needs to doctors and staff simply and effectively, thereby creating a healing team where everyone is moving in the same...

Bernie Siegel, Yosaif August

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Please Help Out Those with a Disability or a Chronic Illness. You’ll Also Help Yourself.

I’ve been disabled and intensely ill with the degenerative neuro-immuno illness myalgic encephalomyelitis (formerly known by the misnomer “chronic fatigue syndrome”) for 30 years.

Litsa Dremousis

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FindCenter Imagine if we could all see illness and adversity as opportunities to expand our love on a soul level.

Laura Lynne Jackson

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The Man in the Arena: Surviving Multiple Myeloma Since 1992

James Bond’s survival of multiple myeloma since 1992 is an amazing story of challenge, tenacity, hard work and good fortune. In this book Jim shares his and his caregiver wife’s, Kathleen, approaches, experiences and difficulties in navigating a deadly, incurable blood cancer.

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From Personal Need to Helping All Caregivers | Scott Silknitter | TEDxGreensboro

The spark was a family need to stimulate and interest Scott's father who was suffering with dementia and being cared for by Scott's mother. His personal family journey led to the creation of a growing company focused on those who care for others.

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What Those with Chronic Pain or Illness DON’T Want to Hear

I've written this piece partly because I hope it will make those of us with health difficulties feel less alone and partly because I hope it will help others understand how to communicate with us better. With that in mind, I hope you'll find it helpful.

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Season 3, Episode 5: It’s Okay to Reach Out

Kandis joins the podcast to talk about her experience as a caregiver for her mother, who had stage IV ovarian cancer. She explores caregiving as being simultaneously stressful and rewarding, enabling emotional memories and moments that would not have been otherwise possible.

Cancer Out Loud: The CancerCare Podcast

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Season 3, Episode 3: I’m Too Young for This

Marlee opens the conversation by addressing common challenges faced by young adults living with cancer. Matt and Carly then share their experiences and speak to the importance of sharing narratives of support, resilience and hope in their daily lives and in the work that they do.

Cancer Out Loud: The CancerCare Podcast

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Season 1, Episode 8: Caregiving during a Pandemic

Caring for a loved one poses many unique challenges even without stay-at-home and social distancing guidelines.

Cancer Out Loud: The CancerCare Podcast

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