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June 20, 2014Anxiety and cancer: Strategies for coping (SC14Ignite recap)
One of the workshops at Survivor Conference 2014: Ignite was on identifying and coping with anxiety when you’re dealing with cancer. Karine, our program director, worked on a great presentation about the differences between anxiety and depression and ways to stay healthy.
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June 18, 2014
Localife Ottawa: Everyone's a winner at pizza and games night
We ordered pizza from Gabriel Pizza, and we must have been hungry because those pizzas did not stand a chance! They were devoured within minutes. Literally. Minutes.
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June 16, 2014
Localife Calgary: Wing night 4.0
The evening was fun, casual, and delicious, so many different wing flavours to try — including dill pickle.
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June 13, 2014
Body Image: I see me (SC14Ignite recap)
For those of you who wanted a refresher on the Survivor Conference 2014 body image workshop, or for those of you who couldn’t be there, here are some notes to […]
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May 27, 2014
Heather's blog: No children, no choice
I’m realizing that even when you are given the definite answer that you will never have children, there is an unrelenting sense of loss and grief over what cancer has taken from you, and the path you will now never get to explore. The best part is, with the voices and stories I have heard in the past month from my fellow YACCers, I know that I am not alone, and you all have my back!
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May 12, 2014
St. John's: Join us on June 1 to celebrate the 27th National Cancer Survivors Day!
National Cancer Survivors Day is coming up on June 1, and we are proud to be partnered with the Canadian Cancer Society: Newfoundland and Labrador Division, Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, and Eastern Health once again for the St. John’s celebration!
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May 08, 2014
Young adults get ovarian cancer, too
It’s World Ovarian Cancer Day, and we wanted to recognize it by sharing some stories from ovarian cancer survivors in the YACC community.
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May 01, 2014
Meet some of the newest members of the YACC family
Kathy and Jason Stock tried to use every excuse in the book to avoid coming to Retreat Yourself Ontario 2014: They didn’t have childcare, Jason might not be able to get the time off work, Kathy’s MCP card was all the way across the room when she started the application form one night, etc. Geoff didn’t give up on them, though, and after a series of fortunate events, they found themselves in downtown Toronto on their way to Northumberland Heights with the rest of the group.
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April 29, 2014
Kathy's Retreat Yourself Ontario 2014 recap
Since the beginning of my cancer journey 15 months ago, I have never felt has safe to speak my mind and be my real, authentic self as I did in that group. It was so, unbelievably safe, and they got “it,” they “got me,” and I “got them.”
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Jason's Retreat Yourself Ontario 2014 recap
I realized that part of my coping mechanism in “life after cancer” has been to be closed-minded to the possibility of it ever coming back. In doing so, I was withholding support that my wife needed while she single-handedly navigated the stress of being in remission.
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April 09, 2014
Help us guide YACC to the future!
We are again taking YACC to the next level (aka YACC 3.0). As we prepare for this step we want to hear from you. How do you see YACC? What have we been doing well, and what could we improve? What are we missing or doing too much of?
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April 01, 2014
Breaking news: Bizarro truth revealed about purpose behind Shave for the Brave
A whistleblower has come forward with allegations that the Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) Shave for the Brave is just a front for a Western BC wig baron’s black market hair trade.
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