Blog for Heal Magazine

One of the main objectives for the “Heal Magazine Blog” is to provide a forum that all cancer survivors can benefit from to improve the quality of their lives after diagnosis. The blog should have a reoccurring theme of healing faster, better and stronger.

The blog should have discussions and categories that talk about nutrition and exercise, setting goals for healing, prioritizing, stress relief, spirituality, their emotions, moods and how they are fighting fatigue. The blog should be extremely positive. It is a blog that should provide survivors with more than hope through a community of support, compassion and love.

The blog itself should be warm and inviting, pictures are always good as well as vibrant colors. Dark colors should not be used because this is not seen as a somber time since this is a positive blog.

On the http://blog.healthtalk.com/breast-cancer/life-with-breast-cancer/ they have a link called Ask the Doctor and I really like this aspect because it is comforting for many people to know that there is a doctor that is there 24 hours to answer your questions related to cancer.

Creating a community requires frequent reading and commenting on other people’s blogs. The Heal blog should be focused on making connections, supporting each other and celebrating cancer victories. Battling cancer is a whirlwind of emotions, it is something that does not disappear overnight. People inflicted with cancer go through a long, arduous, and sometimes unsuccessful treatment process. No one should be reminded of the struggles they went through to become a survivor, but this blog should be a blog appreciating a fresh start to their long life.

It would be nice if the blog could also attract well-known cancer survivors to blog on our Heal blog. Many celebrities such as actress Fran Drescher (uterine cancer), TV reporter Sam Donaldson (melanoma), and comedian Tom Green (testicular cancer) have been blogging on Yahoo! Health. Check out the link at http://health.yahoo.com/blog-for-hope/

On another note, http://www.blogforacure.com/ is a really nice site. It is a free blogging service for all cancer survivors. It allows cancer survivors a way to document their battle with cancer and give thanks to life. It provides pictures of the survivors that you can click on and read their blogs. Although this is not a community, it is still a unique idea.

Another good cancer community blog is: http://www.thecancerblog.com/