Recovering from cancer often involves adjusting to changes and redefining your relationship with your evolving body image and self-perception, but you’re not alone. This section offers supportive resources and guidance to help you navigate these changes and support healing and recovery.
by National Cancer Institute
This resource explains how cancer affects your self-image and sexuality. It discusses how cancer treatment changes your body, coping with body changes, staying active, changes in your sex life, treatm
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This resource provides information on wellness, self-care, and shares strategies for adjusting to a post-surgery body. It discusses body image and breast cancer (managing self-esteem, sex after breast
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This resource discusses coping strategies and tips when diagnosed with bladder cancer, including adjusting after urostomy surgery, self-image and sexual problems, managing the stress of follow-up care
Read Moreby Breastcancer.org
This resource provides seven tips on maintaining a positive outlook on your body image after breast cancer treatment, some of which include knowing that help is available, letting others know what you
Read Moreby Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)
This video series features bladder cancer survivors who discuss their experience and "new normal" after receiving a urinary diversion, with hopes of providing insight into how life changes after bladd
Read Moreby American Head & Neck Society
This resource delves into body image issues that may arise from a head and neck cancer diagnosis, including how common these issues are amongst others, the signs/symptoms, how it's diagnosed, and how
Read Moreby FORCE (Facing our Risk of Cancer Empowered)
This resource helps you understand options for having breast reconstruction or not after mastectomy. It discusses types of reconstruction (implant procedures), nipples and areola, preparation and reco
Read Moreby CancerCare
This fact sheet explains how breast cancer treatment can have an impact on your self-image and relationships. It discusses your emotional well-being, changes to your body image, and intimacy and relat
Read Moreby American Cancer Society
This resource explains how cancer might affect your appearance and provides tips on managing some of these issues. It discusses how to look best during cancer treatment, what to do if you have hair lo
Read Moreby American Cancer Society
This resource discusses feeling good about your body during and after cancer treatment, sexuality after breast cancer, and finding help and support after breast cancer treatment.
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