Archive – 2017
World Health Day: 15 ways to boost mental health during treatment
Having gone through cancer treatment myself for Hodgkin's Lymphoma, here are 15 ways to boost your mental well-being...
April 7, 2017 | by Facing Cancer Together
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World Health Day: 5 tips for balancing depression and breast cancer
To live with depression is one thing and to be diagnosed with cancer is another – but to deal with them simultaneously is a whole other ballgame.
April 7, 2017 | by Lindsey Finkelstein
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Fertility: A sensitive, but relevant subject in the cancer community
Cancer grips our lives unexpectedly, even more so for the young who are expecting a long and bright future. Cancer robs us of our future sometimes, and for most, the ability to even think long-term. I was privy to this experience when I was diagnosed with leukemia at 21.
April 4, 2017 | by Ashlinn Sarah Jane
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Oncology Nursing Day: Celebrating LGFB's major supporters
Brampton’s Lollita Rahaman, clinical nurse educator at William Osler Health System, can easily recall one of the most difficult moments from her nearly 20-year career of working the oncology floor. "I remember one patient in particular, who didn't have a good prognosis," Lollita said.
April 3, 2017 | by Larissa Cahute
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The unexpected Part Two: Low counts and a relapse
I felt a wave of heat come over me and began to tear at the eyes, then I whispered, “Daddy? I think I relapsed.”
March 29, 2017 | by Adriana Lombardo
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The unexpected Part One: Low counts and a cancelled hip replacement
After drawing my blood and getting the results, a doctor who works alongside my primary doctor, came to sit down and talk to my mom and I. He explained that with my neutrophils being too low it would be risky going into surgery and that my chances for infection would dramatically increase.
March 28, 2017 | by Adriana Lombardo
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Cook for Your LIFE: From fashion design to cooking for cancer
If you’d told me ten years ago I’d be a leader in the world of culinary medical initiatives, collaborating on programs with Columbia University, backed by data and studies funded by the National Institute of Health, I would have asked you what you were smoking. And yet, that is what happened.
March 23, 2017 | by Cook for Your LIFE
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Stronger than stigma: Breast cancer and my mental health
How could I be so young and have cancer? How will I be strong enough to cope with this disease? Will it affect my mental health? Will I be able to continue school? In the blink of an eye, my whole life changed and I feared that it would never be the same
March 17, 2017 | by Lindsey Finkelstein
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Life after cancer: What became reality to me
I am an Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (A.L.L.) survivor. I was diagnosed on December 1, 2014 and had my last chemo January 27, 2017. During those two full years of treatment - once a week, might I add - I kept searching for that light. I wanted to know that it would soon be over and that I could “move on.”
March 16, 2017 | by Adriana Lombardo
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The reality of life and death after a leukemia diagnosis at 21-years-old
I was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) at 21-years-old and needed immediate treatment. After my first week-long induction treatment, I was still riddled with abnormal white blood cells and life -- or death -- got really real, really fast.
March 10, 2017 | by Ashlinn Sarah Jane
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