My Spouse Has Cancer - Which Means We Have Cancer

02/11/2025

Caregivers: Your well-being matters too! Take a 5-minute micro-break—step outside, breathe deeply, or stretch. Small moments of self-care can recharge your energy and help you support your loved one. Remember, caring for yourself isn’t selfish—it’s essential.

27/12/2024

Fair warning - 2025 is going to be the year I aim to get this workbook into the hands of every new diagnosis I can. There will be updates to our website, an exciting new product to help caregivers wait out long stays in hospitals and clinics, and blog posts with some videos to answer some of the most asked questions as people are tossed into this journey.

I am convinced that helping other patients and their loved ones is why I have been put in this position of caregiver - and why it has lasted so long.

We will be here a lot in the new year, so I look forward to hearing from those of you who have used the workbook (both what helped and what you would change) and I will continue to pray that we see the day when NOBODY ever needs this book again!

24/07/2024

Exciting NEWS!!
A Time to Heal Cancer Foundation here in Omaha is the latest home for our workbook - "My Spouse Has Cancer (Which means WE have cancer)" and we are so proud to be included here. This amazing cancer foundation has helped so many people, including Lisa Ellis, a Westside teacher and cancer survivor for many years before losing her battle last year. With her generous bequest, ATTH has begun a library in her name, and Lisa's Library now has this workbook - at no cost to participants.
I am so grateful for all of the support from the Omaha cancer warrior community, and all of you here. I hope this resource is reaching more people who need it every day.
If you are getting treatment at a cancer center where this is not yet available, please get in touch with me so I can reach out to them and see what we can do.
In the meantime, the workbook is also available at Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center (Resource Center), CHI's Henry Lynch Cancer Center (Social Work Department), at no cost to patients and their families, and for purchase on Amazon or at The Bookworm Omaha.
Please know that I am pulling for you and hope you never need this book, but if you do - I hope it helps!
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07/06/2024

So excited for my first speaking event today!
I’m on a panel with two cancer survivors as a cancer caregiver to share with the group our experiences with the health care system, and our suggestions on how the providers can better help their patients and families.
As a Continuing Education event, most of our audience will be made up of nurses, and more than anything today I hope to share with them the workbook, and help them guide their patients to the Resource Center at Buffet Cancer Center or the Social Work Department at CHI Henry Lynch Cancer Center, to get their free copy.
I may even reach someone who can guide me to putting this book to work in new areas. 🙏
Pray for me or wish me luck that my nerves don’t cause me to babble. 🤣🤣

10/04/2024

We are so excited to tell you that our workbook is now available at Amazon for Kindle!
I don't think it will help you fill out what you need as an eBook, for that I still recommend the physical book, but if you want to check it out for someone else, get an idea of what it holds, or just want to read it and use your own notebook - this is now an option.
Check it out:

My Spouse Has Cancer (Which Means WE Have Cancer): A Practical Workbook for Cancer Caregivers

04/03/2024

We are so excited to announce that the workbook is NOW AVAILABLE at CHI's Henry Lynch Cancer Centers in Omaha!
If you or your loved one receives treatment at CHI in Omaha, you can reach out to your oncology team and ask for a copy of our workbook, "My Spouse Has Cancer - Which Means We Have Cancer" - at no cost to you.
They also plan to have the workbook available for members of their support groups, which they are rebuilding in a post-Covid world. These support groups are an excellent resource - so while I KNOW it is hard to get away from caregiving while keeping up the rest of your life, this is one of those critical moves you can make in your self-care.
If you have any issues getting your copy, just message me and I will put you in touch with someone who can help you.
This workbook is also still available to patients at the Buffett Cancer Center at no cost to those in treatment, and available for purchase locally at The Bookworm Omaha or online at Amazon.com https://a.co/d/gLsu3jb if you know someone who is facing a new diagnosis.
Remember, I am pulling for you.

13/02/2024

UNMC/Nebraska Medicine/Buffett Cancer Center wanted to get the word out to patients and their families that they have made an investment in the whole family - by providing my book, My Spouse Has Cancer - Which Means We Have Cancer, to their patients and families - at no cost to them.
Kayla Thomas did a really nice job of helping me to explain why this book exists, and how it can help families struggling with a new diagnosis.
Thank you Kayla for your kindness and for sharing your talent.
You can find the story here: https://bit.ly/42Cl8RQ
As mentioned in the article, patients can get the workbook at Buffett's Resource Center at no cost, or you can purchase it on Amazon at the link in the comments, or locally at The Bookworm Omaha.

30/01/2024

If you forgot the open house was today at The Bookworm, you are forgiven. My day was busy enough I didn’t get a reminder out.
I will have more events, and more cookies!!
In the meantime, if you know someone who recently had cancer drop into their life, tell them this is my way of doing what I can to help them find their way.
I hope no one ever again needs this workbook, but if you do, I hope it helps. ❤️❤️

06/12/2023

I am excited to announce that my workbook for cancer caregivers is now arriving at the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center - for distribution to patients and caregivers at no cost to them.
The Buffett clinic staff will be made aware of the availability of the book to refer patients and their families to pick one up at the Resource & Wellness Center.
We are so excited to have these workbooks getting to the cancer warriors it was created to help through this difficult journey.
I know that a new diagnosis is terrifying and you can feel you have lost much of the control over your own life. This workbook cannot cure all of that, but it can help you organize your resources and focus on the important aspects of your life - and take some of that control back.
The book is available on Amazon, but if you are a patient here in Omaha at the Buffett, ask your oncologist, palliative care specialist, or other clinic staff if they can help you get a copy at no cost.

13/11/2023

TODAY!!
Colby's Book Launch is in just a couple of hours!
We gather (and grab some nibbles) at 5:30 pm
I will show off a bit around 6:00 pm
By 6:30 pm we will do Q&A, and just talk amongst friends.
If you can’t make it but want to check out the book, this is the link to find it on Amazon.

My Spouse Has Cancer (Which Means WE Have Cancer): A Practical Workbook for Cancer Caregivers https://a.co/d/fWo7kWs

I truly hope you don’t ever need this book.
But if you do, I hope it helps. 🥰

09/11/2023

Go out this weekend and celebrate all of our servicemen and -women on Veterans' Day 2023. Thank a veteran for their service.
Then come celebrate all of our Cancer Caregiver Warriors on Monday night. It's not the same kind of battle, but those of us who have been on the front lines of cancer do fight our own kind of war and have our own kinds of battle scars. Pop-Up Commons is in the pod of stores right behind the Casey's at 132nd and Center. There will be light refreshments.

07/11/2023

Six days until our Book Launch at Pop-Up Commons at 132nd and Center.
We are excited to share this book and the conversation we can have about caregivers during this National Family Caregivers Month.
If you can't come to the launch, please keep this resource in mind if you encounter anyone diving into this battle.