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Read profiles, stories, and blog posts from young adults living with, through, and beyond cancer, their peer supporters, and members of the Young Adult Cancer Canada (YACC) team. Sort by categories and topics to find the info that’s most relevant to you and your experience.

Community Stories

  • Cancer doesn’t know age, so advocate

    “Stand up, be assertive, don’t take no for an answer, and keep asking the questions until you get the answer that satisfies the symptoms.”

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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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  • Geoff’s blog: Shave energy

    “What do you do when realization bests your dream? If you’re YACC, you dig deeper than ever into your vision board.”

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  • 6 things for ’21

    “In March I committed to minding the danger while pushing toward the opportunities, and I made some observations along the way.”

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  • Geoff’s blog: Give young adults a place where they never feel alone

    Please join us for Giving Tuesday and donate now to YACC to start your holiday season with a gift to help young adults like Chris Chow find “their sense of renewed confidence.”

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  • Cancer doesn’t know age, so advocate

    “Stand up, be assertive, don’t take no for an answer, and keep asking the questions until you get the answer that satisfies the symptoms.”

    Read more
  • 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.”

    Read more
  • 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.”

    Read more

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