Jim Abbatoy could not figure out what was going on. He and his wife Barb were in Florida in May 2022, a normal vacation for them, when he started feeling very sick overnight. In the morning, he felt fine.
"Until I had cancer myself, I never understood how gestures like visiting, bringing food, offering to shop, and asking friends how you could help them really made a difference while they are going through treatment."
It's not uncommon to feel apprehension, sadness or a loss of privacy before, during and after chemotherapy-related alopecia. In fact, for both men and women, hair loss is often the most common and distressing adverse effect of chemotherapy.
Breast cancer runs in Kristy Meyers’ family. When she was diagnosed in 2016, at the age of 35, it wasn’t exactly a surprise, but it wasn’t expected either.
Aretha Graham is Brooklyn-born tough. At age 50, she looks many years younger and exudes a quiet, Zen-like energy, even though she navigates everyday life with a cluster of noncancerous brain tumors.
Throughout her treatment, Elevate Salon provided Grace with hats, headwraps and other resources to help her manage some of the challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis, maintain a positive outlook (and look), and feel more like herself.
Creative people use all their senses for inspiration. Artists who work in music can be just as inspired by visual media as they are their favorite song. But it was a problem with his eyesight that made musician Josh Martin wonder what was wrong.