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Daily Life During Cancer

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Dealing with cancer is a life-changing event for most people. For many, it can be a time to minimize regrets and make new priorities. Try to live each day as normally as you can. Enjoy the simple things you like to do and take pleasure in big events.

Daily Routine
Tips on managing your daily life, incorporating fun, humor, and physical activities.

Faith and Spirituality
What spirituality means to you, how cancer may affect and change your spirituality and values, and finding comfort and meaning.

Going Back to Work
Information and guidance on going back to work, including talking with and relating to others at work, your legal rights, and handling problems at work.

You are not your cancer. Although you have to learn how to cope with the disease, you get to decide how you want to live the rest of your life. You can choose to live with hope.

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