Technology: Friend or Foe?

Let’s talk about the thing that’s probably in your hand or immediately beside you right now: your phone. When you’re navigating breast cancer, technology can be both incredibly helpful and wildly terrifying.

Helpful:

  • Access to your doctor’s portals
  • Quick texts to your support system
  • Videos to watch during chemo

Terrifying:

  • 2:07 a.m. Google spirals
  • Endless doom scrolling
  • Worst-case scenario forums

This resource is intended to help you navigate your relationship with your phone while going through breast cancer: no meditation experience required, no new apps necessary, and no tech expertise needed.

Here’s how to use it:

  1. If you're not already looking at this from your cell phone, go ahead and grab it and visit www.calmthroughcancer.com/tech  
  2. Save both images to your Photos. (Hold down on each image with your finger and then select "Save to Photos.")
  3. That’s it! You have instant access to these tips anytime, anywhere.

Technology can amplify anxiety, but it can also interrupt it. The beauty is, you get to choose!