If you are new, I’m Dr. Deborah Butzbach. For 20 years, I have had the pleasure of caring for cancer patients as a radiation oncologist, and recently, I also got a life coaching certification. This is helping me care for my patients even better, and now I am branching out to share my wisdom with all cancer patients. So, welcome! If you are looking for more help, you can find it in three places: My Website,  Best Life After Cancer Podcast or my Facebook Page and private group: Best Life After Cancer MD FB Page. 

It makes sense that people have lots of negative emotions after a cancer diagnosis. The most common ones I see are grief or loss, fear or anxiety, a sense of pervasive emptiness, or guilt. Grief most commonly involves the loss of the life you thought you were going to have, now replaced by one with a new medical diagnosis, physical limitations and mental challenges. In many cases this is also grief over significant changes in your body, especially in...