Fighting Cancer Woodblock Prints by Dale Phelps
April 25, 2009 by Staff 2,490 views
Filed under Cancer Survivors
November 2, 2006
This series of woodblock prints concerns visualization during meditation for the treatment of cancer. I have been living with prostate cancer since 1993 but it has recently increased its activity. Along with traditional medical treatments I have been utilizing guided imagery in meditation. I produced these images to help me with visualization [...]
A new tool for Clergy to help Cancer Patients
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 347 views
Filed under Programs, Support
The diagnosis of cancer is a traumatic event for individuals and is usually the first time they realize their mortality. They are scared, out of control and need help. One of the first sources from whom they might seek help is the clergy. Because the diagnosis of cancer is not a death sentence, this is [...]
The Birth Of A New Program
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 117 views
Filed under Programs
The diagnosis of cancer is possibly one of the first times an individual realizes they are mortal and they might die. They are scared, out of control and need help. One of the first sources from whom they might seek help is the clergy. Because the diagnosis of cancer is not a death sentence, this [...]
12 Questions For A Newly Diagnosed Cancer Patient To Ask Their Physician
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 2,091 views
Filed under Physicians
The diagnosis of cancer literally knocks an individual off their feet. It is probably the first time in their lives they realized they were mortal – that they might possibly die, and from what we have been brought up to believe, in the not too distant future. They are totally out of control [...]
Meditations to extend and improve life
February 13, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 102 views
Filed under Attitudes
The following thoughts, to be read daily by a cancer patient:
I realize the power within me is greater for me than the power of another. That I have the power to control my thoughts and that my thoughts control my feelings and the way I see the world around me.
I realize that negative thoughts create [...]
Pain control
February 5, 2009 by Richard and Annette Bloch 139 views
Filed under Treatments
I had never been a pill taker. Twice I tried to quit the five-a-day pills with codeine I had to take to keep my post-lung-surgery pain in control and both times I had to go back to the pills the second day because the pain was so intolerable.
On my [...]