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March 30, 2016 It’s like the sword of Damocles. Something, you never know what, that waits for you, you never know when, and especially, you never know for how long. I always believed I was in [...]

October 1, 2015 By: Steve Heaviside One question people consistently asked while I was nearing the end of chemotherapy was “Are you gonna go back to work?” It was a complicated [...]

July 23, 2015 By: Vicky Gauthier (January 11, 2012) This morning life is like a dream. I’m breathing better than I have in the last two months, and I have no more pain in my lungs! I can stand up [...]

June 11, 2015 By: Vicky Gauthier I met my thoracic surgeon (December 26th, 2011) and it did not go very well. This small little woman is stern looking and has a strict hairstyle. She was very [...]

May 26, 2015 By: Marianne Stephan I haven’t written in almost six months. Maybe that is because I’ve lost my favorite editor. Annie Goodman was my friend. She was also an incredible [...]

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 [...]

January 13, 2015 By: Soraya Liu At last, the moment has finally come for me to sit myself down, and to think over what I’ve been through in the past year. It’s a long debriefing [...]

October 30, 2014 By: Benjamin Rubenstein I have become desensitized to the annual ritual where my dad hands me an envelope he’s received in the mail addressed to me and that has no return [...]

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 [...]

May 29, 2014 By: Anne Katz PhD, Rn Hello and welcome to my new blog series for CancerFightClub! I am a certified sexuality counselor and registered nurse who works at CancerCare Manitoba (in [...]