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Welcome to your REACH dashboard. Here you’ll find personalized survivorship information and helpful tips and resources. Browse around and check back in regularly for new content.
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Appointments
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Appointment Checklist
Great work on scheduling your appointment! Let’s start getting you prepared for your visit with a checklist.
Add your appointment date and details to your calendar so you don’t forget!
Start a list of questions and topics to discuss with your provider during your appointment.
Please review your care plan below and bring with you to your appointment.
Start to think about how you are going to get to your appointment to avoid any last minute planning.
There’s only one more thing to do... attend your appointment!
Navigating Your Care Plan
Let’s learn about how to get the most out of your survivorship care plan.
But first... what is a survivorship care plan?
A care plan is a summary of your treatment, health risks you may face as a result of cancer therapies, and recommendations on how to manage your long-term health.
Learn about the late effects (long-term health risks) related to your specific cancer treatments
Understand how to manage your health as a long-term survivor of childhood cancer.
Find support services and resources for childhood cancer survivors
Access your survivorship care plan summary.
See a summary of the treatments you received and an overview of your care plan.
View Summary
Cancer Treatment Risks
Cancer treatments, including medications and/or radiation, can lead to health issues that can happen even years after treatment. Learn about your risks and how to manage them.
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Healthy living and well-being after cancer:
Find tips and resources for how to take care of your health as a young cancer survivor.
Find Tips
How to get follow-up care
Learn more about the importance of long-term cancer survivorship care and strategies for getting the care you need.
Get Follow-up Care
Save your Care Plan and have it handy for your next appointment.
Click below to download a copy and/or email it to yourself. You can also save the link as a bookmark for easy access!
View Your Care Plan
Health Tip of the Week
Hydration helps with things like reducing headaches, burning calories, and improving mood and sleep.
Your body thrives when it's properly hydrated. Hydration helps with things like reducing headaches, burning calories, and improving mood and sleep. A common rule of thumb is to divide your body weight in half and drink that many ounces of water each day (for example, if you weigh 140 pounds you should drink 70 ounces of water per day).
Exercise if very important. Figure out what's fun for you. Pick a variety of activities you enjoy!
Tips for adding more physical activity to your routine:
- Figure out what’s fun for you. Pick a variety of activities you enjoy!
- Do what you can, start slow, and gradually increase the amount and intensity of your activities.
- Try adding short physical activity “snacks” throughout your day (like taking the stairs or doing 10 bodyweight squats)
- Schedule a time to be active each day
- Keep track of your physical activity
It is normal to experience a variety of emotions regarding cancer and survivorship.
Many young cancer survivors experience a wide range of emotions as they navigate life after cancer. Click here to learn more including strategies to feel better.
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Getting good quality sleep makes such a difference for your well-being and health.
Here are some tips for how to improve your sleep:
- Stick to a routine
- Avoid screen time in bed
- Make your bedroom quiet and dark
- Avoid caffeine or alcohol before bed
- Don’t nap during the day
Fuel your health with nutrient-rich foods.
The food you eat matters for your overall health. Focus on eating foods high in nutrients - think dark vegetables, whole fruits, and whole gains. Avoid highly processed food such as packaged and fast food.
Physical activity can help you sleep better, focus better, and feel better!
Children and teens (under age 18)
- 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity every day
- 3 times per week of muscle and bone strengthening activities
Adults (age 18 and older)
- 150-300 minutes of moderate (or 75-150 min/week of vigorous) activity each week
- 2 times per week of muscle strengthening activities
Join a survivor group to connect with people who understand the impacts of cancer.
Many people in your life may not understand how cancer impacted you. It may help to connect with other young people who actually get it. There are many local, national, and online groups for survivors. Here is one example: Stupid Cancer Meetups online and IRL. Go to the Resources page in your Care Plan for more ideas/groups.
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Reducing screen time can help improve your overall well-being.
How much time do you spend on your phone? Think of how much more you could get done (or sleep) if you reduced your time. Here are some tips for reducing your screen time:
- Make mealtime device-free
- Be active without a screen
- Set time limits
- Take small breaks during the day
- Make your bedroom screen-free
Ask for help if you are struggling with thinking and learning skills.
Sometimes cancer and treatment can affect thinking and learning skills. This can make school or work challenging. If you are struggling, let someone on your health care team know. They can help you get evaluated so you can understand your learning style and get accommodations for you (if needed).
Wear sunscreen 30 SPF or higher every day to protect your skin.
Sun safety is important for EVERYONE, but especially childhood cancer survivors. Your treatment and/or genetics may make you more at risk for skin cancer. Use a broad-spectrum sunscreen (covers UVA and UVB rays) with an SPF of 30 or higher every day. This is important even when it is cloudy or cold.
If you are sexually active, make sure to use birth control to prevent unintended pregnancy.
There are a lot of aspects of sexual and reproductive health that are unique to survivors. It is important to discuss this with your medical team, which may include a gynecologist. If you are sexually active, make sure to use birth control to prevent unintended pregnancy. This is important even if you were told you might have problems with fertility. And remember that condoms are the only form of birth control that can prevent sexually transmitted infections.
Good nutrition can have many benefits to childhood cancer survivors.
It can raise your energy levels, boost your immune system, and reduce your risk of cancers later in life. Click here to build your own healthy MyPlate Plan.
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Stay away from harmful substances.
Substance use (alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, etc) may increase your risk for new cancer(s). It can also make late effects from treatment, such as lung and heart problems, worse. Why put you body through that? Try and stay away from harmful substances.
It is important to get enough good quality sleep to support both your mental and physical health.
Sleep helps with things like with mood, focus, heart health, and immune system functioning (reducing chance of getting sick).
Teens and young adults typically need more sleep than older adults. Teens (age 14-17) need 8-10 hours of sleep a night.
Young adults (age 18-29) need 7-9 hours of sleep a night.
Physical activity can help reduce your future cancer risk and improve your overall health.
This includes both moderate-to-vigorous intensity activity (makes your heart beat faster and breathe harder) and muscle strengthening activities.
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Attending long-term survivorship care is important for your health and well-being.
In long-term follow-up, the goal is to support your physical and emotional health, provide education about your diagnosis and treatment, and help you thrive at home, school and work. Going to follow-up appointments is an important way to take control of your health.
