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Write Now With Jean Rowe: Choice

It’s Summer and connecting with one another is more open because we can comfortably meet up outside. How we experience any of these aspects of the season is up to us. Choice bubbles to the surface.

Progress with Prozac

After Facing Testicular Cancer, I Realized I Was Feeling Depressed – So I Asked For Antidepressants

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Surviving As A Caregiver

Though I’m a young adult cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 24, I first heard the words ‘you have cancer’ said to my mother 2 years before my own diagnosis.

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You Are Not Alone. I Repeat: You Are Not Alone.

I wish that I had the awareness that this was a common feeling for AYAs when I was first diagnosed and undergoing treatment, because, although I had so much support from my family and friends, I still felt isolated and misunderstood.

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Cancer and Careers National Conference!

We are pleased to partner with Cancer and Careers on their annual National Conference on Work & Cancer, virtually on June 24, 2022!

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Hi, My Name Is Aerial And I Have Anxiety.

The difference between Aerial today and Aerial from a decade ago is the management of my mental health. I have my “go-to” list that helps me get through moments of angst, like the middle of the night panics when all my friends are sleeping and my husband is snoring the night away.

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Peace Amidst Chaos

There are many things in life that we prepare for. We study or practice and hope that when the time comes, we are ready for whatever faces us. So, when something extreme happens to us, like being diagnosed with cancer, what preparation from our lives do we fall back on?

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Finding Grace Through Grief

The lesson I’ve learned from all of this tremendous grief is to show yourself some freaking grace. Give credit that your loved ones know how you feel, that the appreciation you have is known, and that while you’ll always wish for more time, it’s okay that things were left where they were.

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Survival Is Insufficient

Now there is scientific research showing that the young adult cancer population, aged 18-39, is the most isolated age-group who experiences cancer, and that this isolation is linked to all sorts of quality of life issues. It affects survival rates, reintegration into normal life, and a host of other things. There is data showing that surviving cancer is not enough, we must also be helped to thrive. There is data showing that survival is insufficient.

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Write Now With Jean Rowe: Remember

In the Sunday Reset, we wrote about “Remember that time when,” and the sharing was rich. It included being connected to cancer journeys while also transcending them. Why is this important?