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    Susan Burke: Up and running after minimally invasive surgeries
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    Susan Burke: Up and running after minimally invasive surgeries

    Susan Burke’s journey with colorectal cancer started with an appendectomy. At 47 years old, a pain in her right, lower abdomen for more than a year led doctors to find an appendix that was swollen to three times its normal size.

    Vanessa Ghigliotty: Parenting with cancer
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    Vanessa Ghigliotty: Parenting with cancer

    The role of single parenthood can be isolating and comes with it’s own challenges. Some people choose this path; others, like myself, wind up carrying the burden of being both mom and dad because that’s just how life turned out.

    Putting the Most Important Person First—Yourself
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    Putting the most important person first — yourself

    In 2018, women are living a life unlike anything we’ve ever seen. A woman’s lifestyle, mindset, aspirations, and even independence are a complete 180 from the era of their mother’s before. Gone are the days of an unequal voice, and in its place, the ability to do it all. From motherhood to relationships, to maintaining a fulfilling career, the increased desire to live one’s best life is no longer a thing of the past.

    A couple leans in for a kiss in front of a setting sun.
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    Sex after colon cancer

    Survivors may experience a range of intimacy issues depending on the type of treatment.

    Ruchi G. Kalra: Healing Through Nutrition
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    Ruchi G. Kalra: Healing through nutrition

    These are a couple of recipes that I have been making as snacks. I hope you guys get a chance to try them out and love them as much as my husband did.

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    How to find safe hand sanitizer

    Washing your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds is the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19, advises the CDC, along with wearing a mask and maintaining physical distance from others.

    A blue dragonfly rests on a plant.
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    Jeannie Moore: Dragonflies bring peace

    If you were to visit Jeannie Moore at her home, you’d be hard-pressed to miss the dragonflies. Their image is everywhere — decorating her walls, glimmering across stepping stones in the backyard, and on a blanket she curls up with every night.

    Palliative care’s role in quality of life
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    Palliative care’s role in quality of life

    Whether you are newly diagnosed, in the midst of treatment, or are a survivor of colorectal cancer, you may be grappling with symptoms and side effects, or other related physical and emotional challenges.

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