A Gabfest? Join Us For A Gabfest!

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Elephants and Tea and Lacuna Loft are partnering together on a week-long, online conference…

YA Cancer Gabfest: A Week of Interactive Survivorship Crash Courses for Facing Cancer.  Come spill tea with us no matter where you are!

Throughout the week of December 7th, we’ll offer opportunities to connect with other young adults facing cancer in webinars, hangouts, interactive sessions, chances for movement, and more. We are busy behind the scenes getting everything squared away but in the meantime, we want to hear from you!

Please fill out this quick survey and let us know what sorts of courses, discussions, topics, you name it, you want to have!

Today We Are Taking Over Elephants And Tea Instagram

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Lacuna Loft has been working with Elephants and Tea for a while now, first on some of their awesome content and then on a fabulous event we’ll be announcing in the next few months (eek! so excited about this!), and today we are taking over their Instagram!

We’ll be talking everything Lacuna Loft, what programs are happening this month, and what you can expect in the coming months from our online programs!  Check out Elephants and Tea’s Instagram!

Moving Connection Online

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Elephants and Tea is the fabulous, young adult cancer magazine on the scene and they have been rocking awesome content since they launched last year.  This article, by our CEO Mallory Casperson, is no different.  Mallory talks about being isolated in rural American while going through a young adult cancer experience.

Meeting other young adults who have faced cancer in-person is ideal but what if that isn’t possible? What about those young adult cancer survivors who are isolated, inpatient in the hospital following a bone marrow transplant? What about those young adult cancer survivors living rurally and potentially hundreds of miles from the nearest cancer center? What about those young adult cancer survivors treated at a hospital where there is no recognition of young adult and therefore no age-appropriate resources? In these situations and countless others, in order to remove financial, geographic, and medical barriers to survivorship care, offering supportive programming online is imperative. In these situations, online communities can offer that much needed connection to someone who understands what a survivor is facing.

It is not enough to just survive cancer.

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You can read the rest of the article here.

Eat, Drink, And Be Healthy

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Elephants and Tea is the fabulous, young adult cancer magazine on the scene and they have been rocking awesome content since they launched earlier this year.  This article, by Marloe Esch, is no different.  Marloe talks about healthy eating through a young adult cancer experience.

What we put in our bodies can have a major impact on how we feel throughout treatment, so it’s important to think of good nutrition as part of your treatment plan, and to make it a priority.

Healthy, nutrient-rich foods help damaged cells and tissues heal, play a role in keeping your immune system strong, and can fight fatigue at a time when it can be hard to keep your energy and strength up. Wondering what this might look like? Consider the following tips to help you get started!

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You can read the rest of the article here.

My Name Is Steve And I Am A Drug Addict

Elephants and Tea is the fabulous, young adult cancer magazine on the scene and they have been rocking awesome content since they launched earlier this year.  This article, by Steve Giallourakis, is no different.  Steve talks candidly about his cancer experience and his drug addiction.

What is your strongest memory? I don’t mean your favorite memory. I mean your strongest. The type of memory that creeps to the front of your mind when you’re alone. The type when it’s quiet and you feel as if you can hear the actual memory trying to get loose and be heard.

For me it was a day that I had 5mg (milligrams) of morphine pushed straight into my heart (Editor’s Note: The morphine injected into Steven’s body was through his mediport in order to rapidly relieve him of severe pain). I don’t recall anything other then how it made me feel: a sensation that every cell in my body was feeling pure ecstasy. That is all I remember. This is my strongest memory.

This is what crawls back into my mind when it’s quiet. It is my memory that I feel scratching at the inside of my head begging to be remembered. This memory has affected me more than I would have ever cared to admit, until now.

My name is Steven Giallourakis and I am a drug addict.

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You can read the rest of the article here.

Dear Cancer Letter Campaign

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Elephants and Tea has started their first annual “Dear Cancer” campaign!  They are currently taking submissions for their December magazine issue that will be all letters to cancer.

They want people to speak from their heart and be completely honest in their writing.  They expect these letters to be raw and emotional so do not feel that anything needs to be sugar-coated.  Their goal is to post a letter every day in December on their website and the best of the best will be featured in their December magazine (both print and digital versions).

The deadline is Friday, October 18th!

You can learn more and submit your letter here!

What Is Your Elephant?

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Have you heard about the new adolescent and young adult cancer focused magazine?  Elephants and Tea is the only magazine written for and by adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients, survivors, and caregivers telling their story in their own words.  Cancer is the Elephant in the room.  Tea is the relief the magazine will provide.

Elephants and Tea’s mission is to help AYA patients, survivors, and caregivers experience relief through self-expression, inspire others during their cancer journey, and connect with supportive organizations across the nation.

Cool right?!  Another place to get great, young adult cancer content whenever you need it!  Check out their online magazine today!  (And when you subscribe, you can also sign up for the print version! woot!)