Cancer touches lives differently, including the personal physical, mental, and emotional tolls- no matter where you stand in the journey. This is true for the cancer patient, their friends, their families, their medical care teams- and most importantly, those “previvors” who will now face a heightened risk for cancer due to the possible inherited gene…
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Upon the start of menopause, a female faces the loss of ovarian follicles, resulting in the cessation of cyclical estrogen and progesterone creation. Menopause refers to the final menstrual period in the persons lifetime. When a person has had no periods for twelve consecutive months, they are then considered postmenopausal. For most women, this occurs…
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The Federal law The Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act, or WHCRA, helps protect many women with breast cancer who choose to have their breasts rebuilt or reconstructed after a mastectomy. Mastectomy is surgery to remove all or part of the breast. This federal law requires most group insurance plans that cover mastectomies to also…
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Empowering Intimacy has been partnered with Franciscan Health & Cancer Support Community Indiana’s Moving Beyond survivorship program for many years. The Moving Beyond program is an 8-week repeating course for cancer patients, survivors, their partners, and families, and is structured to cover a myriad of topics for life with cancer. The weekly topics of the…
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Our sex drive is perhaps the first thing to go, particularly when we are focused on and zeroed in on different things-like surviving life, adjusting to a new path, or remembering how to live, and it can vanish in an invisible moment. At numerous points in our life, we are faced with the need to…
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Arousal disorders are disorders that occur and prevent a person from desiring, wanting, liking, or being able to physically perform intimate and sexual acts. Arousal disorders can happen at any time in life for various reasons and stressors. In many situations, the most common causes of arousal disorders are mental health related. Anxiety, depression, stress,…
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Gluten is a protein found in grains- wheat, barley, rye, and many other processed and shelf-stable condiments, spices, foods, and even some items and “toys.” For those humans who have Celiac disease, any amount of this protein that is ingested into their body can cause permanent, irreversible damage and life-long body changes. How much gluten…
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The feelings of emptiness in your chest and mind. The feelings of being directionless and lost. The intense feelings of worry and resentment. All of these feelings, and more, are a normal part of grief and grieving after a new medical diagnosis. With each diagnosis, the loss of the individual’s “normal” sense of life and…
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