Daily Archives: December 21, 2011

This week we’ll discuss healthy sexual relationships between a cancer patient and their spouse. It’s important to maintain an intimate relationship during treatment, but it has to be done in a healthy way for both partners. Can cancer be “caught” through intercourse? Can chemotherapy be transferred through sexual relations? We’ll find out from my guest […]

“Stress causes nothing, but aggravates everything.” What happens when extreme stress is compounded on top of other stresses (a.k.a. for a caregiver!)? Join us as we discuss the Social Readjustment Rating Scale which was developed at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The scale was based on the theory that good and bad events […]