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Articles by Carly Gerretsen
Both Sides of the Coin: From a Caregiver to a Patient with Advanced Brain Cancer
Bob and Kelly—stronger together. What do you do when you learn you have a brain tumor? Laugh! Cancerous brain tumors are not funny—unless you are me. Life took a turn in October 2012, when I was diagnosed with stage IV glioblastoma. “Something Going on Upstairs” What I believed to be a pinched nerve from a wonderful massage, was the start of 10 days of annoying typing mistakes at the office.
For Cancer Survivors in the COVID-19 Recovery Phase, We’ve Heard “It’s Time to Move On” Before
It was mid-June 2021, and as I wrote from my apartment, I could hear sounds of a village come to life here in the Hudson Valley. My town sits roughly 100 miles north of New York City. Once a popular place to vacation, COVID-19 has turned it into a destination. Our population continues to grow as the pandemic has drawn a steady stream of people looking to trade dense city living for tranquility, fresh air, and a peaceful countryside expanse. Many newcomers here plan to stay.
A Week of Spiritual Muscle Builders
Whether you are a patient with cancer, survivor, caregiver, or a healthcare provider—spirituality can help you to deal successfully with cancer and with life. Being spiritually healthy has many benefits. It has been linked to improved quality of life, coping, and mental health.1 So, what can you do to build spiritual health? Just as we can train our bodies for physical health, we can also work out our spirits. This article provides a plan for a week of spiritual muscle builders.
A Review of Kidney Cancer and Encouragement Toward Empowered Survivorship
In the April issue of CONQUER: the patient voice, my article “A Guide to Kidney Cancer for Survivors and Caregivers” served as an introduction to kidney cancer, the types of treatments and their potential side effects, and encouragement for patients to take control of controllable factors. In this second article in our kidney cancer series, I will dive deeper to discuss the diagnosis, cancer staging, and specific treatments for kidney cancer.
Mindset and Cancer: Reducing Stress, Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
We hear a lot these days about the importance of managing our stress—enough to make us feel stressed about being overstressed! Being calm and centered is clearly preferable to being wired and agitated. It makes us better partners, workers, friends, and parents. But are there actual health reasons to warrant paying close attention to our mindset? Mindset Indeed, there are. Mindset is critical for living an “anticancer lifestyle” for 2 main reasons.
Fighting Is the Hard Part, but You Have to Try
My Dad, Inocencio Melendez-Schroder, was the strongest man I have ever known. I have always looked up to him; at age 84 he was so active, painting rooms, gardening, and taking care of the home and the roof over our heads. Change on the Horizon On October 15, 2020, after days of not feeling well and seeing some changes in his body that he could not hide, my Dad went for a routine physical exam and was immediately sent to the hospital, where he stayed for a week.
A Guide to Kidney Cancer for Survivors and Caregivers: Empowerment Through Knowledge, Communication, and Self-Care
Facing a cancer diagnosis can be scary. As a patient or a caregiver, you will experience many emotions from the time you first hear the diagnosis. It is important for you to realize that these feelings are normal. Remember that you have control of this journey, and there is a large network of support available to you.
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