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Stacy Sherlock
A little bit about you: Name: Stacy Sherlock Age: 31 City: Vancouver, BC What was/is your diagnosis? Transitional Cell Carcinoma (bladder cancer) What year was it? What was your age…
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Survivor Profile
Andrea Whittle
A little bit about you: Name: Andrea Whittle Age: 33 Hometown: Winnipeg, MB Diagnosis: Grade ⅔ Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Progesterone and Estrogen receptor protein positive HER2 positive 100% recurrence rate…
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Sarah Hunt
A little bit about you: Name: Sarah Hunt Age: 31 City: Cambridge, ON What was your diagnosis? Myxoid Liposarcoma on the nerve bundle of my upper right arm What year…
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Community Story
After the Hook-up: Part 3
Big Cancer Hook-up guest Paul Brace chats with Geoff about the right time to celebrate after cancer.
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Community Story
After the Hook-up: Part 2
Big Cancer Hook-up guest Paul Brace chats with Geoff about facing mortality.
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Community Story
After the Hook-up: Part 1
Big Cancer Hook-up guest Paul Brace chats with Geoff about spirituality.
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Community Story
The 2019 New Year poem
A member of the YACC community asked to publish their poetry anonymously, and we’re always happy to help YACCers express themselves however they feel most comfortable.
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Survivor Profile
Jag Takhar
A little bit about you: Name: Jag Takhar Age: 38 City: Brampton, ON What was/is your diagnosis? Stage II breast cancer What year was it? 2017 What was your age…
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Tori Zimmerman
A little bit about you: Name: Tori Zimmerman Age: 24 City: Edmonton, AB What was/is your diagnosis? Acute Myeloid Leukemia, MLL mutation What year was it? What was your age…
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Geoff's Blog
19 things you didn’t know about my time in ICU
I played Risk the night before I went to hospital with a fever and an unknown infection in my Hickman catheter. And I won! I took over the world the…
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Survivor Profile
Charlene Charles
Name: Charlene Charles Age: 40 City: Markham, ON What was your diagnosis? Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma What year was it? What was your age at the time? My first…
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Joanne Archibald
A little bit about you: Age: 25 City: Toronto, ON What was/is your diagnosis? Biologically, the diagnosis was large diffuse B cell lymphoma (Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma). However, the cancer presented itself…
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Community Story
Everything you ever wanted to know about my diagnosis
Why do some people feel like they can ask me so many insanely personal questions?
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Geoff's Blog
We’re one month away from the 18th Annual Climb!
We’ve had another tough run at YACC this year, losing amazing people in our community like Justin, Megan, Stephenie, Jody, and others. I’m climbing in memory of them, and to give YACC more resources to help their cancer brothers and sisters.
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Courtney Fleming
A little bit about you: Name: Courtney Fleming Age: 27 City: Peterborough, ON What was/is your diagnosis? Grade II Ependymoma What year was it? I was told I had a…
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