Breast Cancer Rehabilitation & Wellness Online Summit:
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Breast Cancer Rehabilitation & Wellness Resource 2017 Week 1
Ideas for this week
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Make your own medicine bag
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Follow the guided imagery each day
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Start the journaling challenge each day
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30 mins of exercise that suits you each day.
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Investigate your local resources: Suitable walks, a walking labyrinth, breast cancer aware exercise program or Yoga therapy instructor
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Prepare a skin rash / insect bite kit for yourself
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Who is your "coach/es" for wellness and your cancer journey? Make a list so you know you have someone to call on when you need.
Translation
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Kristin Carroll
Rehabilitation and wellness: Overview
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Understand why rehabilitation may not have been recommended to you.
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Know the difference between rehab and wellness
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How to find a therapist/ service provider
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Morag Currin
Skin rashes: How to manage them
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See common skin rashes associated with chemotherapy.
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Hear advice about treatments for dry or inflamed skin
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Hear why skin care is important
Marjorie Brook
Breast cancer scar tissue: Overview
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Understand why scar tissue is not the bad guy.
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Know what problematic scar tissue can be responsible for.
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Hear about the time frames for scar tissue treatment .
Adriana Cabanas
Introducing Yoga to survivors in Mexico
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See how service providers come to provide a breast cancer specific service.
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Hear about Yoga for breast cancer survivors in Mexico.
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Andrea Leonard
Exercise for survivors: Why it needs to be addressed
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Hear how exercise rehabilitation developed on Andrea's watch in the USA.
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Know why strength training must be carefully prescribed.
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Choosing an exercise that is fun for you is important.
Paula Holland DeLong
How a coach helps after breast cancer
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What is a cancer coach.
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Why choose a cancer (life) coach.
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When to choose a cancer coach.
Dr Robin Dilley
What you can have in your medicine bag
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Design and carry your own medicine bag.
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Hear about how journaling and labyrinth walking can be positive tasks for your recovery.
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Participate in a guided imagery session.