by Adriana Deithorn | Jan 25, 2021 | Blog
Cancer patients and survivors have a lot to deal with before the COVID-19 pandemic began. Now, the stress of coping with a chronic condition and the threat of catching COVID is creating additional anxiety for patients handling both. Clinical Psychologist, Dr. Adrianna...
by Karen Scuilli | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
By definition, grief is defined by a feeling of great sadness, especially when caused by a loss or death. Most individuals can identify with this emotion because they have experienced or will experience a loss at some point in their lives. As the book points out,...
by Stephanie Scoletti | Nov 13, 2020 | Blog
YASU is the largest community in Western PA for young adult cancer survivors and their co-survivors, providing them the ability to cope and thrive from emotional, social, and financial support under professional guidance and with peers who understand and can relate....
by Carol Glock | Oct 22, 2020 | Blog
One evening I leaned over to look at something my husband was reading on his computer. As I touched his back, my left breast felt extremely sore. After doing a self-exam of my breast it appeared red and swollen. The next day I visited my gynecologist who immediately...
by and Terry Fox | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog
When I was 10 years old, I came down with Bell’s Palsy. For those of you that don’t know what that is – it’s a paralysis and weakness of one side of your face. Damage to the facial nerve that controls muscles on one side of your face causing that side to droop....
by Karen Scuilli | Jul 31, 2020 | Blog
I wrote this poem when I was picking up my son from school. At that time, Seth was in the second grade. All of these thoughts and feelings that I had bottled up came flowing out on the empty piece of paper. I hope these words help anyone who is struggling with being...
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