Join us as Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb, BSN, RN from Johns Hopkins Medicine discusses how to manage after a colorectal cancer diagnosis. In this session, she will cover understanding diagnoses, shared decision making, managing mental health, talking to family and colleagues, and more.

1. OUR WEBINAR WILL BEGIN SHORTLY

2. COPING AFTER A COLORECTAL
CANCER DIAGNOSIS

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6. TODAY’S
PRESENTER
Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb
BSN, RN, ONN-CG
Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb, B.S.N., R.N., ONN-CG, is a certified* oncology nurse navigator for
the Johns Hopkins Work Stride: Managing Cancer at Work program. Eden provides education
and support to employees and their family members when they are faced with a personal
cancer diagnosis or when they are caring for someone with a cancer diagnosis. She also
works with managers, helping them provide a supportive workplace for their employees who
are diagnosed with cancer or are caregivers.
Eden has worked at Johns Hopkins since 1995, beginning in human resources, where she
became familiar with employee benefits. She continued to work full time after being
diagnosed with cancer, in 1997. Her cancer journey inspired her to become an oncology
patient navigator, supporting patients with colorectal cancer.
In 2009, after earning her nursing degree, Eden worked in a variety of adult outpatient
oncology settings, focusing on gastrointestinal cancers including colorectal, liver, pancreas,
biliary, and abdominal sarcomas. Through her work, Eden has improved the outpatient
oncology experience by providing evidence-based practices in education and resources;
addressing common issues related to surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy; and
answering patient questions.
Eden also is the patient advocate on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
Colon/Rectal/Anal Cancer Panel and serves on the NCCN Colorectal Cancer Quality Measures
Sub- Committee. And she has authored a chapter in the American Cancer Society’s Complete
Guide to Colorectal Cancer entitled “Taking Care of Practical Matters: Work, Insurance, and
Money.”
Eden earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of
Nursing, in 2009.

7. Johns Hopkins HealthCare Solutions
Coping After a
Colorectal
Cancer
Diagnosis
Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb, BSN, RN, ONN-CG
March 3, 2020

8. TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
 Understanding your diagnosis
 Side effect management
 Shared decision making
 Managing mental health
 Talking to family
 Talking to colleagues
 Limiting cancer’s place in your life
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9. UNDERSTANDING YOUR DIAGNOSIS
 What is colorectal cancer?
 How is colorectal cancer diagnosed?
 Staging
 How do you cope?
 Making treatment decisions
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10. SIDE EFFECT MANAGEMENT
The key to side effect
management is
communication with your
healthcare team
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11. SHARED DECISION MAKING
Shared decision making is a key component of
patient-centered health care. It is a process in
which clinicians and patients work together to
make decisions and select tests, treatments
and care plans based on clinical evidence that
balances risks and expected outcomes with
patient preferences and values.
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12. MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH
Why is maintaining
good mental health important?
 Emotional well-being
 Psychological well-being
 Social well-being
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13. MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH
What mental health concerns
can come up after a cancer diagnosis?
 Sadness
 Anxiety or worry
 Fear
 Post-traumatic stress
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14. MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH
How can your health care team help?
Communication, communication, communication
 Medical history
 Emotional distress
 Multi disciplinary care
 Medications 14

15. MANAGING MENTAL HEALTH
How can someone living with cancer help
themselves?
 Take note of shifts in mood, appetite or any
changes that make it difficult to accomplish daily
tasks
 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
 Try simple breathing exercises
 Seek support
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16. TALKING TO FAMILY
How to talk to:
 Young children
 Elementary school children
 Teens
 Parents
 Spouse/partner
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17. TALKING TO COLLEAGUES
Talking to your colleagues
To disclose or not to disclose?
How much to disclose?
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18. LIMITING CANCER’S PLACE IN YOUR LIFE
Cancer doesn’t deserve all of your time and energy.
Don’t give cancer any more time than it deserves.
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19. JohnsHopkinsSolutions.com
Thank you!
Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb,
BSN, RN, ONN-CG
Senior Oncology Nurse
Navigator
Work Stride Managing
Cancer at Work
eden@jhmi.edu
443-509-6750

20. QUESTION AND
ANSWER
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the right side of your screen

21. Fight Colorectal Cancer Mission
We FIGHT to cure colorectal cancer and serve as relentless champions of
hope for all affected by this disease through informed patient support,
impactful policy change, and breakthrough research endeavors.

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