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Community Story May 2020

Surviving the survivor’s guilt

Mandy gets some help from her “YACC besties” to cope with survivor’s guilt.

Community Story May 2020

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.”

Community Story May 2020

Coping during a health pandemic

“YACC has contributed immensely to my overall wellbeing since my diagnosis and has given me invaluable tools to not only survive this pandemic but thrive throughout it.”

Community Story May 2020

What’s in my bag: Hospital stay edition

YACCtivist Keri is a hospital stay veteran. Check out her tips for staying as comfortable as possible.

Community Story May 2020

Things that make our YACCtivists happy

We asked our YACCtivists to send in a picture of something that made them happy recently. Here’s what they had to report!

Community Story May 2020

Cancer 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.

Community Story May 2020

What are you looking forward to after COVID-19?

We asked our YACCtivists to complete the sentence, “Something I’m looking forward to is…” Here’s what some of them had to say.

Community Story Apr 2020

Brighten the light: Looking forward to post quarantine goals

Having post-cancer goals motivated Alex through his previous period of isolation. Check out his recommendations for life post-COVID-19!

Community Story Apr 2020

10 ways to optimize digital connections

Here are 10 things I do to optimize my connections during YACC Web: Chats.

Geoff's Blog Apr 2020

Kicking off National Volunteer Week 2020

That simple act of helping changes lives every day. It is essential to our way of life and you used it to build YACC. Thank you.

Community Story Apr 2020

The whole 6 feet: Our relationship through cancer and COVID-19

YACCtivist Blair and his girlfriend, Ashley, discuss managing their relationship and his compromised immune system during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they’re staying connected.

Geoff's Blog Apr 2020

I choose to learn through…

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was just on the other side of a bone marrow transplant and a one-month stay in the intensive care unit on one of those ventilators we hear so much about every day. For 23 days, a ventilator pushed air into my damaged lungs.

Community Story Apr 2020