Music for the Soul
- Shannen Doherty busted some moves during an at-home dance party while showing off her record collection
- Doherty is currently battling stage 4 breast cancer after experiencing a recurrence in 2019
- Experts tell SurvivorNet that it’s important people battling cancer do activities they love, as it can improve their mental and treatment outcomes
Doherty, 49, shared a few videos on her Instagram story of her enjoying an at-home dance party courtesy of her record collection. In the videos, Doherty jams out to Book of Love’s Boy and David Bowie while giving fans a sneak peak into her favorite childhood albums. With the music blasting, Doherty then dances around her home with her hands raised in the air and jumping from side to side while her husband, Kurt Iswarienko, watches in amusement.
Read MoreIt’s Important to Find Moments of Joy During Cancer Treatment
Whether it’s busting a move, enjoying a walk in the park, or just watching a movie at home, it’s important that people battling cancer take some time to do activities that makes them happy. Emotional wellbeing is an important part of a cancer journey, especially since studies have proven that patients who are able to stay positive have a better quality of life when going through treatment, and actually live longer than those with worse emotional well-being.
“Working on your emotional health, your physical well-being, your social environment, your emotional well-being, working on those things and making them better are important and can impact your survival,” Dr. Dana Chase, a gynecologic oncologist at Arizona Oncology, tells SurvivorNet. “If that’s related to what activities you do that bring you joy, then you should try to do more of those activities.”
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Dr. Chase suggests that patients make a list of 10 of their favorite activities, and try to do them. It doesn’t have to be everyday, but by focusing on activities you love doing, it’ll bring you more joy than focusing on challenging treatment.
Dr. Dana Chase explains why emotional well-being is important during cancer treatment
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