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Keeping a Positive Mindset

Head for the Cure Ambassador and Anaplastic Astrocytoma Survivor Molly Marco shares what a positive mindset means to her.

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March 28, 2020

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Relational: Patient - Understanding the Relational Aspect of the Journey
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E: Anticipatory Grief
E: Art & Music
E: Balancing hope with reality
E: Being in Nature, Gardening, and Hiking
E: Caregiver - Asking for help
E: Caregiver - Balancing care and self
E: Caregiver - Balancing my obligations
E: Caregiver - Embracing the time we have left
E: Caregiver - Guilt of having a life outside of caregiving
E: Caregiver - Navigating anger & fear
E: Caregiver - Navigating what-ifs
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E: Caregiver - Watch and wait feelings
E: Embracing new caregiver identity
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E: Exercise & Fitness
E: Finding a therapist/counselor
E: Finding Support Groups
E: Finding support in Community
E: Finding support in Group Counseling
E: Finding support in Social Media
E: Finding support in Support groups
E: Focusing on the positive
E: Grief and Losing a Loved One
E: How to maintain hope
E: Journaling
E: Leaving A Legacy
E: Mental Health
E: Patient - Believing the diagnosis and overcoming anxiety
E: Patient - Focusing on the fight ahead
E: Patient - Navigating anger & fear
E: Patient - Navigating what-ifs
E: Patient - Watch & wait feelings
E: Patient – Embracing the time we have left
E: Patient- Survivors guilt
E: Prioritizing yourself as a person over identity as a patient
E: Regaining a sense of self as a caregiver
E: Regaining a sense of self as a patient
E: Spiritual Guidance (Prayer, Meditation, etc.)
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M: Daily Living with a Brain Tumor
M: Deciding on a Medical Team
M: Diet with a Brain Tumor
M: Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG)
M: End Stage Care
M: Energy levels with a brain tumor
M: Ependymoma
M: Exercise with a brain tumor
M: Fostering more open dialog with healthcare team
M: Glioblastoma
M: Glioma
M: Knowing when you have a solid medical team
M: Managing Information Overload
M: Medical 101 Information
M: Medical Team Communication 101
M: Medulloblastoma
M: Metastatic
M: Palliative Care
M: Potential side effects of treatment and management tips
M: Questions for Medical Team
M: Recurrence
M: Scans and Tests 101
M: Second Opinions
M: Stable Condition
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M: Tips to Effectively Managing Information
M&R: Insurance
R: Caregiver - Frustration with cognitive impairments
R: Caregiver - Having outlets and asking for help
R: Caregiver - Relationship Changes
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R: Caregiver - Topics to discuss with the patient you care for
R: Caregiver burnout
R: Caregiver- Creating healthy communication with the patient you care for
R: CaringBridge
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R: Inviting people into the journey 101
R: Meal Train
R: Medicaid
R: Medicare
R: Patient - Creating healthy communication with your caregiver
R: Patient - Intimacy/sexuality
R: Patient - Loss of Independence
R: Patient - Not feeling understood
R: Patient - Relationship changes
R: Patient - Self-esteem/Body Image
R: Patient - Stigmas
R: Patient - Topics to discuss with your caregiver
R: Sharing the diagnosis
R: Sharing the journey with your solid support system
R: Sharing with Children
R: Sharing with Close Friends
R: Sharing with Co-Workers
R: Sharing with Immediate Family
R: Sharing with nosey people and intrusive acquaintances
R: Sharing with relatives
R: Short & Long Term Disability
R: Social Security
R: Social Security Disability Income

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