November 13, 2013 By: Sandy Lipkus, MSW I recently read an article in the Globe and Mail about the distinct needs of young adults who have been diagnosed with cancer. While most other young [...]
November 10, 2013 By: Sarah Haque This summer I took a vacation. I didn’t go anywhere exotic, I didn’t sip fancy cocktails with umbrella straws, I didn’t lounge in a chair wearing a floppy hat. [...]
October 16, 2013 By: Ashlinn Parsons Today is the eve of my two-year stem-cell birthday and this is the day I’ve been dreaming of. This is the day that all the statistics change, some for the [...]
September 19, 2013 By: Emily Drake In 2011 at the Canadian Association of Psychosocial Oncology’s annual meeting inToronto, I had the opportunity to do my first oral presentation at a national [...]
September 3, 2013 By: Sarah Labelle I was recently admitted to hospital with severe pain in my upper abdomen. Seeing as I had not really had any scans in months and was almost finished my second [...]
August 8, 2013 By: Sarah Haque My mother loves to tell the story of taking me to our pediatrician when I was a toddler. He told her that for such a young age I was abnormally empathetic, and that [...]
July 17, 2013 By: Bernadette Leno You go out, you meet people. You become friends on Facebook, follow on Twitter, Instagram, etc. Everywhere you look, every social media platform you’re on, there [...]
July 10, 2013 By: Randi Fogelbaum Losing a loved one is incredibly hard at any age. Losing a loved one at a young age can be heart wrenching. The average person grows up learning that we live a [...]
July 6, 2013 By: Victoria David It’s been over five years since my diagnosis, and three since I’ve completed treatment. It’s interesting to think back to the person I was pre-diagnosis and see [...]
