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February 04, 2025
World Cancer Day 2025: “United by unique”
Diagnosed with cancer for the 2nd time at 28, Kristen Zamojc wondered how to move forward. Connecting with YACC helped her find the courage to go for a life she dreamed of.
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October 10, 2024
Retreat Yourself Adventure 2024: The recap
“It was the first time in 18 months that I felt like someone who was much more than my cancer.”
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March 21, 2024
Downtown Toronto energized Joseph after lung cancer
Joseph Neale says the energy of downtown Toronto helped him recover after his lung cancer diagnosis.
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February 22, 2024
Gabrielle knows recovery is different for everyone
Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in 2015, Gabrielle had to find a way to move beyond treatment to live a life worth loving.
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July 12, 2023
Cancer doesn’t know age, so advocate
“Stand up, be assertive, don’t take no for an answer, and keep asking the questions until you get the answer that satisfies the symptoms.”
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March 09, 2023
Cancer, get out of my head!
Michalea writes about how therapy helped her cope with her mental health after she thought she was done with cancer. “Cancer, unlike a fire, does not merely disappear once extinguished.”
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March 02, 2023
Listen to your heart
“I didn’t know I had had two surgeries, a round of dialysis, and organs removed. I didn’t know that I was bleeding profusely from a bowel resection that didn’t hold, and I didn’t know that five days had passed. I didn’t know I had cancer.”
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February 02, 2023
What does my future hold?
“I wonder about what my life would have been like if I didn’t have cancer. I think about the dreams that have been taken from me. I wonder about the person I would have been if my life wasn’t derailed from the path that I was on.”
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January 04, 2023
Palliative care: It’s not what you think!
“When asked what palliative care is, many people associate words of dying, death, end-of-life, hospice, and seniors, when in fact, palliative care is focused on symptom management, living, and improving the quality of life for both the patient and their family/caregiver across the age spectrum.”
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August 11, 2022
Top 10 YACC-related memories
YACCtivist Charlene recaps ten life-changing moments she has experienced because of her connection to YACC.
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August 04, 2022
Parenting through cancer: Caregivers weigh in
In this collaborative blog post, four YACCtivists examine parenting through cancer from the patient’s and the partner’s perspectives.
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