May 12, 2015 By: Jennifer Dornbush You think you have your life all figured out, until one day, something you didn’t choose changes it. My cancer diagnosis did just that! Ever since September 21, [...]
May 7, 2015 By: Emily Drake Last month, I headed south to Houston, Texas, to attend the Young Survival Coalition’s (YSC) conference for young women affected by breast cancer and their [...]
April 16, 2015 By: Emily Drake In October of this past year, I attended the second annual Society of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (SAYAO) conference: Breaking Barriers in Acute [...]
March 19, 2015 By: Chad Hammond It’s pretty standard for young adults to experiment with different lifestyles and identities as we figure out who we want to be. There are times we feel certain [...]
March 10, 2015 By: Julie Szasz BASIC INFO: Name: Julie Szasz Age: 35 Hometown: St-Lazare, QC Occupation: Mother, cancer advocate Diagnosis: Metastatic Breast Cancer If you were a professional [...]
February 24, 2015 By: Emily Drake Whether you are new to the club or an existing member, you may not know everything about CancerFightClub! We are an innovative support initiative for young [...]
February 19, 2015 By: Lisa Fisher When someone is diagnosed with a chronic illness, the focus tends to be on that individual rather than on those who surround and support her/him. I have been [...]
February 12, 2015 By: Emily Drake I had the fortune this past October to attend the second annual Society of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (SAYAO) Conference at the University of [...]
January 22, 2015 By: Chad Hammond Development — it’s a dark hallway of a word. When I asked young adults with cancer to talk about the years before their diagnosis, they mentioned developmental [...]
January 20, 2015 By: Shirin Shallwani Lymphedema is swelling due to an abnormal build up of fluid in the tissues of the body. It is caused by a blockage or injury to the lymphatic system or due [...]
