October 28, 2014 By: Rachel Turner I can’t tell you how good it felt to do what will hopefully be my last chemo. Well I can. It was amazing. To think that it was the last one was a really great [...]
October 16, 2014 By: Mike Craycraft I have been watching Stand Up 2 Cancer since the original event in 2008 and each year chills come to my skin and tears to my eyes. The event is amazing given [...]
September 30, 2014 By: Jamie Penner When you fly on an airplane the flight attendants faithfully conduct the safety demonstration prior to takeoff during which they announce: “Remember to put on [...]
September 25, 2014 By: Liane Kandler I am fairly new to the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer field. I started as a Master’s student in clinical psychology in 2008, researching the use of [...]
September 18, 2014 By: Anne Katz PhD, RN While some young adults and most teens are not thinking about having babies (quite the opposite in fact!), having cancer at a young age forces you to [...]
September 16, 2014 By: Jen Rachman When I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2004, my oncologist didn’t bring up the topic of fertility preservation. I asked my surgeon about it when he [...]
September 11, 2014 By: Noémie Robidoux It’s November 2012. I have been at my job for a few months, and I love the work I do every day. I am gaining confidence in myself. I am becoming more at [...]
September 2, 2014 By: Pat Taylor While attending the OMG2014 Cancer Summit for Young Adults in Las Vegas last month, I sat in on a session full of parents talking about the challenges they were [...]
August 28, 2014 By: Emily Drake If you follow adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer organizations and advocates on Twitter, you may have seen the hashtag #AYACSM popping up in your feed over [...]
August 26, 2014 By: Bonnie Lang Hi! I’m Bonnie Lang, a personal trainer in Calgary, Alberta and one half of the 2-person nonprofit my husband and I run, Survive & Thrive Cancer Programs, [...]