February 18, 2014 By: Hillary Woodside I was in the middle of my undergraduate degree in Kinesiology when my mother was diagnosed with advanced cancer. Surrounded by professors who were fully [...]
February 14, 2014 By: Miriam Sultan-Laine When people think about cancer, They think of chemotherapy and hospital visits. They think of pain. They think of fear. But I don’t know if they think [...]
February 11, 2014 By: Emily Drake I recently attended the first annual meeting of the Society of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (SAYAO) held at the University of California, Irvine (UC [...]
February 7, 2014 By: Amanda Nixon With November being National Family Caregiver Month, I am immediately reminded and in gratitude for all that my mom did to take care of me during my breast [...]
January 28, 2014 By: Russell Willer I have been in correspondence with a guy who is almost finished his treatment for Hodgkin’s. He reached out to me when he was diagnosed because he once [...]
January 23, 2014 By: Lorna Larsen (Shanna’s Mother) A diagnosis of cancer in your child is devastating. You become caught up in a world of cancer treatment that is both foreign and frightening. [...]
January 21, 2014 By: Samantha Wexler Recently I was at the first ever retreat for people with advanced cancer hosted by CancerFightClub Montreal, and it was amazing to see how we all just cut [...]
January 16, 2014 By: Emily Drake CancerFightClub Montreal* is pleased to host our second winter retreat! Taking place at Le Manoir du Lac Delage just outside of Quebec City, this event promises [...]
December 20, 2013 By: Julie Lévesque Marie, my only child, will soon be four years old. Aside from our trips to and from daycare and her grandparents’ house, and an occasional family road trip, [...]