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“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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“I experienced a major shift in how I viewed my life, a life I shouldn’t have if it were based on statistics. A new gratitude, a new perspective, a new push.”
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“Life isn’t designed to be a straightforward path; it’s designed to have twists, bumps, and forks where we choose what happens, and every once in a while, you’re thrown for a complete loop and your path hits a complete road block.”
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In this collaborative blog post, four YACCtivists examine parenting through cancer from the patient’s and the partner’s perspectives.
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YACCtivist Lindsay describes the moment she felt like she shifted into and accepted her “new” life.
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YACCtivist Lindsay writes a letter to her past self, outlining the emotional ride her cancer diagnosis will lead them on.
“The tragedy was losing you, my past self, but the victory is rediscovering who I am meant to be and what my true role in this world is.”
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The start of the year comes with a lot of reminders and “anniversaries” for Lindsay. Here’s how she’s reshaping the narrative.
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“The importance of connecting in my own cancer journey is the main reason I want to be more involved in supporting the YACC community.”
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