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July 12, 2023Cancer 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, 2023Cancer, 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, 2023Listen 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, 2023What 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, 2022Top 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, 2022Parenting 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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July 28, 2022I get knocked down
YACCtivist Nicole writes about different ways she felt “knocked down” throughout her cancer experience.
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July 21, 2022Lessons I have learned (Part 2)
YACCtivist Lindsay describes the moment she felt like she shifted into and accepted her “new” life.
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July 14, 2022Changes brought on by cancer
A YACCtivist writes about how cancer affected their feelings about their body, their independence, and their future.
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July 07, 2022I’m having a rough go
YACCtivist Ashley shares some details on her lifestyle as she deals with cancer.
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