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Survivorship
The stories and experiences are written by people after cancer treatments. These stories are written for those learning how to get back to work, college or just trying to be themselves again. Just getting past treatments isn’t enough, it is surviving and thriving that is key to being you again.
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6 Unique Ideas to Reduce Your Stress
‘Adulting’ is hard without being a cancer thriver. I know, because I see THAT all over my social media feeds. To be totally honest, I love it when people share the real nitty gritty on their social media. It reminds me that everyone has their own struggles.
Read More...It’s OK Not to Be OK
It’s OK to struggle. This quarantine time is so hard. I find each day a battle to get out of bed, and lack motivation to start my day, especially when I don’t even know what day it is!
Read More...The Mind, Body, and Soul Series
Sign up and join the young adult communities of the Dear Jack Foundation, Elephants and Tea, and Lacuna Loft during our month-long wellness series in May for an opportunity to connect, grow, and stretch!
Read More...The Epic Experiences
These are three different stories combined into one post from our friends at Epic Experience talking about the importance of the outdoors and adventure camps.
Read More...3 Simple Exercise Tips During Social Distancing
Think of someone you consider an “exercise buff”. Then think of the exact opposite person. You have now thought of me. I see so many articles of power lifters, and gym rats, and marathon runners, and all these gloriously physical people. And that’s not me
Read More...Running
I was on my way to work one morning when a news story on the radio caught my attention. Apparently, a 70-year-old woman ran seven marathons in seven days on seven different continents.
Read More...I Fight for Every Battle Won and for those Still Fighting
I fight for every battle won and for those that are still fighting. I was just 19 when I was diagnosed with stage II colorectal cancer.
Read More...YA Cancer Gabfest 2020
YA Cancer Gabfest: A Week of Interactive Survivorship Crash Courses for Facing Cancer. Come spill tea with us no matter where you are!
Read More...The Gym Saved My Life
A year before my cancer diagnosis I found my one true love—the gym. I went through a bout of depression and I was not sure where my life was headed or what I truly wanted to do with my life. I had dropped out of university because I knew that type of schooling was not for me.
Read More...Patient Information and Self-Advocacy
About a year and half after the birth of my second child, I started noticing some blood in my stool. I was otherwise super healthy, I had recently switched to veganism and become an avid exerciser, and in result (or so I thought) lost all the baby weight and felt generally better than at any other point of time in my entire life.
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