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You’ve finished cancer treatment and now you’re ready to focus on life after cancer. This is the perfect time to take control of your health through proper nutrition. Our Midwestern upbringing can sometimes impact efforts toward a healthy diet. For example, many of us have grown up with meat as a staple with meals, and […]

Some cancers, and cancer treatments, can lead to bone loss

FARGO, N.D. — Triple-negative metastatic breast cancer. That was the diagnosis given to Carol Prien. It was her second bout with cancer in five years, but this one was different. “Finding out there really was no cure was when our mindset changed and the care team at Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center really became more […]

Surgeons can help you choose among mastectomy, reconstruction and more

Having a breast cancer diagnosis is more than a medical diagnosis. It can affect so much more than your health, impacting your emotional and psychological well-being. Much of that falls on the aftermath of multiple treatments and surgeries. And for some women, it can be quite difficult to embrace the new scars that represent your […]

You have the choice to have reconstruction. Or not to. Also, you may have different types of reconstruction to choose from.

Sometimes, in the ordinary struggle of daily life, we can feel forsaken. So much of life is just plain hard work. And what makes it tough is not always the big problems. More often than not, it’s the small frustrations that add up over time. For example, when we are overly annoyed by a spouse […]

Studies show that cancer treatments can affect memory and learning

Once you’ve been through a breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and recovery, there’s one question that will always be on your mind: Will my cancer return? You may have heard about, or been asked by family or friends if breast cancer recurrence can be monitored by a blood test. This is a test for tumor markers, […]

Have you ever experienced a walk in a labyrinth? I am not speaking of a maze, but another type that leads you from the outer edges to the center of a circle in a slow, contemplative stroll. The first labyrinth I experienced was during a retreat/education weekend in Rochester, Minnesota. We stayed at the Assisi […]