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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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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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Considering the privilege of going grey
“I had never considered what going grey could mean until the opportunity to do so was so narrowly almost taken away from me.”
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Cancer is different for young adults: Falling into a CPP gap
After coming to terms with her terminal breast cancer diagnosis, Jess found herself falling into a gap which prevented her from accessing financial aid she says she should have access to.
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Insight team: January meeting recap
Joseph Neale recaps the latest Insight team meeting and tells us his thoughts on how to better the young adult cancer experience.
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How I got through more than two years of chemo
Katie Jeffries writes about five things she did to keep her spirits up throughout treatment.
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I thought PTSD was only for soldiers
Nicole writes about being diagnosed with PTSD after cancer, and some of the things that have help her through it.
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Manning up to cancer
Jay writes about how Man Up to Cancer helped build another part of the peer community he is looking for after a colon cancer diagnosis.
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Finding my way in motherhood and survivorship
“I was eight months postpartum when I was diagnosed with cancer. That sentence stops me in my tracks.”
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A new gratitude and perspective
“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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10 things people say that annoy cancer patients
“We just want to be treated the same way you treated us before we were diagnosed with cancer.”
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Stepping out of my comfort zone
“As we finished the walk, I was grateful for my team and daughter. It wasn’t easy, but I think that it was something I needed to do as I work to define myself post-cancer.”
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YACCtivists on laughter
Cancer is shit, but there can be moments that are humorous, moments that give us pleasure in the darkest of days, and moments we can do nothing more than shake our heads and laugh at. Read on to hear your YACCtivists share their funny stories!
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