{"id":2405,"date":"2016-06-21T06:58:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2016-06-21T06:59:31","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T11:59:31","slug":"cancer-survivors-how-to-thrive-after-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/21\/cancer-survivors-how-to-thrive-after-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Survivors: How to Thrive After Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2406\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2406\" src=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Depositphotos_13723695_m-2015-250x150.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of stethoscope and paper on background of doctors and patient working with laptop\" width=\"250\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">How to Thrive After Cancer Treatment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to cutting-edge treatments like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">immunotherapy<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, more and more cancer patients are experiencing positive outcomes. If you&#8217;re one of the nearly 15 million <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofhope.org\/blog\/tips-for-cancer-survivors\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">cancer survivors<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> in the United States, you may feel a bit adrift as you try to resume your everyday life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dr. Joanne Mortimer of the Women&#8217;s Cancers Program at City of Hope offers these valuable tips to help you cope and even thrive post-treatment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Take Care of Your Body and Mind<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cancer is a physical disease that also affects your mental and emotional states. Don&#8217;t allow worries about finances, spousal intimacy or other issues to interfere with your recovery. Talk to your doctor and get a referral for a counselor or support group.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Be Realistic<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The end of treatment can be similar to other types of loss, where you feel uncertain about where to go from there. Focus on matters you can control, such as following a healthy diet or <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/26\/exercise-tips-for-cancer-patients-when-and-if-you-should-start-an-exercise-program\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">staying physically active<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">, and you will feel less anxious about the things you can&#8217;t.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Educate Your Doctor<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The increasing number of cancer survivors is relatively recent, so doctors are also learning about <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/13\/cancer-super-survivors-give-us-all-hope\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">life post-treatment<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. Don&#8217;t be afraid to discuss any symptoms with your doctor, no matter how minor you might think they are. The more information you provide, the better your doctor will be able to assist you and other cancer survivors down the road.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our Issels\u00ae personalized immunotherapy treatments have helped a number of people achieve long-term remission. <\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.issels.com\/testimonials-updates-reviews\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><u><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Visit our website<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> and be inspired by testimonials from patients who have survived cancers of almost every type.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to cutting-edge treatments like immunotherapy, more and more cancer patients are experiencing positive outcomes. If you&#8217;re one of the nearly 15 million cancer survivors in the United States, you may feel a bit adrift as you try to resume your everyday life. Dr. Joanne Mortimer of the Women&#8217;s Cancers Program at City of Hope &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/21\/cancer-survivors-how-to-thrive-after-treatment\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cancer Survivors: How to Thrive After Treatment<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201,231,205,216],"tags":[416,219],"class_list":["post-2405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cancer-care-tips","category-cancer-survivors","category-immuno-oncology","category-immunotherapy","tag-cancer-survivors","tag-immunotherapy"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2408,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}