Dancing Through Cancer
- Shannen Doherty shared a sweet video of her and her husband slow dancing in her living room
- Doherty is currently battling stage 4 breast cancer after experiencing a recurrence in 2019
- It’s important to have a support system, and enjoying activities that make you happy, during treatment
It’s so nice to see that Doherty is all smiles with her husband, and biggest support system, during this time. After all, dancing solo is often never as fun as when you have a partner by your side.
Taking Control of a Diagnosis As a Team
It’s not easy to talk to your spouse about cancer, but it’s critical to have them by your side during treatment. It’s been proven that patients who remain positive during treatment have more successful outcomes, and a support system plays a huge role in that.
When Cristan Creasy was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she and her husband understandably didn’t really know how to handle it. In fact, Creasy admits they avoided talking about it for the first few days. However, in the end they knew they needed to learn as much as they could about treatment options, and take this on together.
“He had a difficult time processing the fact that I had cancer,” Cristan says about her husband. “My husband and I became much stronger together. We have just had even a larger bond because I had to rely on him a lot.”
Ovarian cancer survivor Cristan Creasy says her husband and her grew stronger during treatment
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