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October 18, 2021We Get It: Ashley’s story (season 2, episode 6)
This week on We Get It, we get to know Ashley who was diagnosed with ocular melanoma four years ago while living in Inuvik in the Northwest Territories.
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April 08, 2021YACCtivists weigh in on AYA Cancer Awareness Week
We asked our YACCtivist team to answer the question: “What do you want others to better understand about the AYA cancer experience?” Here are a few of their answers.
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January 04, 2021
We Get It: A chat with Ashley Stead-Morine
YACCtivist, ocular melanoma survivor, and new New Zealand resident Ashley Stead-Morine chats with YACC’s program director, Karine.
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December 18, 2020
My 3-year cancerversary
It’s nearly been three years since December 28, 2017 — the day I was diagnosed with ocular melanoma
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May 07, 2020Cancer thrivers: The friends I didn’t know I needed
After being diagnosed with ocular melanoma at 27, Ashley realized she needed to connect with others who knew what she was dealing with, a community she found online.
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March 04, 2020“Self advocacy”: What does it mean?
“My role as a self activist began the day I experienced symptoms. I woke up with blurred vision in my left eye. I was 27; this wasn’t normal.”
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December 26, 2019Fear of not living
By Ashley Stead-Morine Fellow YACCtivist Shana Coulliard recently blogged about her experience at the “Writing Through Cancer” workshops during our training weekend. The workshop unexpectedly allowed me to dig deep […]
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September 05, 2019YACCtivist: Ashley Stead-Morine (she/her)
“My first interaction with YACC included spilling all of my fears on the Facebook group. The responses from YACCers — strangers to me at that point — brought more comfort than hearing ‘you’ll be OK’ from my mother.”
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