The Cancer Pod Interview

The Cancer Pod Interview

Listen here: https://www.thecancerpod.com/e97-amy-rothenberg-healing-after-treatment/ I have now done over 100 podcasts interviews on the topic of my Amazon Bestselling book You Finished Treatment Now What? A Field Guide for Cancer Survivors, but this is the first one...

Cookies and Milk. A Lactation Supporting Treat

Cookies and Milk. A Lactation Supporting Treat

Our daughter Sophia and husband Alex blessed our family with a beautiful daughter this summer. We are all over the moon. One of the ways we lend our love and support is through preparing and sharing favorite foods and packing their freezer with easy to prep meals. But...

#25 Dazzling

#25 Dazzling

When you read the word chimera you may or may not recall your Greek mythology. From Wikipedia we have: a chimera has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or...

#24 Patience

#24 Patience

I came home two weeks ago! Today is the one-month mark since I was blessed with my new stem cells. I was able to send a heartfelt, de-personalized note of thanks to my 23-year-old donor who remains anonymous. If she agrees, which I hope she will, we can meet at the...

#23 Sandbox

#23 Sandbox

Alas, I emerge from the worst of the transplant times back to some semblance of myself. I will need to process many things like the role of suffering and the purpose of pain, but for today, I’d like to focus on getting along well in the sandbox. I think about all the...

#22 Whipping Up

#22 Whipping Up

A lesser-known offering at MGH is their Integrative Therapies Program. On my first day back, I let the staff know I’d like access to it all: Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Massage, Acupressure, Art Therapy, Music Therapy. Why not? I have already reframed my central line...