A psycho-oncology reflection on finding your way after cancer changes the path ahead—and learning that sometimes the way forward appears only as you begin to walk it.

On the Interior of Intimacy Under Illness “Since I got cancer, intimacy has disappeared from my relationship.” Patients have said versions of this to me many times. And there are understandable reasons why physical intimacy may change after cancer enters a relationship. Illness and treatment can bring fatigue, nausea, pain, neuropathy, and changes to the body. Time becomes organized around appointments and medications. Couples find themselves learning medical language they ne

On the Grief of Cancer You’ve just realized that something you can’t imagine living without is gone. Unexpectedly vanished, and you may never be able to replace it. Your heart lifts and drops at the same time. Racing and falling into a dark pit you didn’t know you had inside you. You start frantically searching. Reversing the last hours in your mind. Trying to remember when you last saw it, when it was still yours. Your world narrows until there is only it. What if I never fi