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Waiting on scan results
YACCtivist Jennifer Ryan writes about what she’s doing while she waits for the results from her yearly whole body scan.
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Flattening COVID-19 one kilometre at a time
“Inspired by my rekindled love for rollerblading, we are pumped and ready to roll out Roller Brave — a cross-Canada, virtual, simultaneous relay aimed at raising funds to support YACC’s support programs.”
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Life’s lessons
“Life has taught me over and over again that my plans and goals and timelines can be disrupted or erased at a moment’s notice. I struggle to let go of the illusion of control.”
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Cancer and COVID-19: An update
“The time to tell your story is now. No more waiting. No one person can ever be loud enough to be heard over the multitudes. But it doesn’t matter; you deserve to be heard and to be listened to.”
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The changing waters of my infertility and grief
“I was convinced I could pack away the pain of my infertility and lock it away. But grief is not so easily contained.”
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Truly recognizing support after your cancer journey
“In order to figure out my future, I think it’s important I recognize my wonderful past, and the people that make me smile today.”
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Menopause & hormone therapy as a young adult
I surveyed to my fellow YACCers to get some tips, tricks, and advice to hopefully help others who are dealing with cancer-related menopause.
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Stronger together: How YACC Web: Chats have helped me move forward with my life after cancer
“Knowing that I have a group of people who will be there every week to listen and who can relate to what I am going through not only brings to me a sense of security and confidence that I am not alone, but also validation that the struggles we all face are real, but yet manageable when we have the courage to face them head-on.”
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Tell me what you need: Asking for help from your caregivers
Gabrielle knows it can be hard to ask for help, so she compiled 39 specific ways you can ask for support when you need it.
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Every means every
On Monday, June 15, YACC turns 20. Unlike many 20-year-olds, YACC knows it does not know everything. The opposite, actually. What started as a celebration has evolved beautifully into a vision to share our history and gratitude with you, while showing you the YACC of today and the one we envision for tomorrow.
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How connecting with other young adult cancer survivors changed my life
YACCtivist Blair says the YACC community has changed his life by providing support and positivity he didn’t find anywhere else.
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We will do better.
The word “every” means a lot to YACC and we are committed to ensuring it authentically means “every colour” just as it does “every stage” and “every cancer.”
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What Survivor Conference means to me
“Survivor Conference helps me grow as a cancer survivor, woman, mother, and friend.”
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Surviving the survivor’s guilt
Mandy gets some help from her “YACC besties” to cope with survivor’s guilt.
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Geoff’s blog: Some COVID clarity
“If COVID has reminded me of anything, it’s that I’m still and always in control of me, my thoughts, my dreams, and how I use my fuel.”
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