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Survivor Advocate Program Shapes Future Research
The 8th Biennial on Cancer Survivorship Research took place last week and I can’t think of a more meaningful or impactful way for us to have kicked off this meeting than by convening a group of engaged survivor advocates! This is just what LIVESTRONG accomplished, in partnership and collaboration with the American Cancer Society, the National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control. Earlier this year survivor advocates from across the country applied to the Survivor Advocate program, held in concert with the Biennial. The response was overwhelming and after a rigorous review of almost 150 applications, 15 in...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - June 19, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

A Young Adult Survivor Story: 15 Years in the Making
Nearly 72,000 young adults, ages 15-39, are diagnosed with cancer every year. April is the time when we highlight the unique challenges that young adult cancer survivors face like school, jobs, dating, getting married and having children. Over the years, LIVESTRONG has interviewed thousands of cancer survivors. Many of those survivors were filmed for our website including a woman named Kim Bergeron. Kim applied to become a LIVESTRONG Leader this year and we jumped at the chance to share her survivor story again 15 years in the making. Kim’s 2003 interview with LIVESTRONG LIVESTRONG: We interviewed you in the early 2...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

We Are All Survivors, If Only for a While
Those of us still lucky enough to call this Earth home have all survived something that 50 or 100 years ago would have killed us: childbirth, for instance, or workplace accidents, infections and diseases. And most of us have survived any number of challenges and losses: deaths, illnesses, jobs, loves. Many of the relationships and activities that we love do, at some time, come to an end. Some of us will survive because we have endured great harm and abuse. When we see and name ourselves as survivors, we feel that we are somehow still masters—that challenges formed us, but did not claim or shape us. Survivorship reflects ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - October 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Source Type: blogs

TBT: We Are All Survivors, If Only for a While
Exactly one year ago we ran the post below; its sentiment still rings true. Today’s TBT post covers two very important and timely topics, breast cancer (October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month) and survivorship. Those of us still lucky enough to call this Earth home have all survived something that 50 or 100 years ago would have killed us: childbirth, for instance, or workplace accidents, infections and diseases. And most of us have survived any number of challenges and losses: deaths, illnesses, jobs, loves. Many of the relationships and activities that we love do, at some time, come to an end. Some of us ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - October 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer End of Life Women's Health Source Type: blogs

Young Adult Cancer Survivor and LIVESTRONG Leader: Valerie
LIVESTRONG Leaders are individuals that make a yearly significant commitment to those in their community affected by cancer by spreading the message of LIVESTRONG. They do this by fundraising, hosting events, bringing LIVESTRONG resources to their local hospitals and more. One of our amazing leaders from France, Valérie Sanja, talks about why she is involved with LIVESTRONG and what she is doing in her community to help spread the LIVESTRONG message. What is your name, where are you from? My Name is Valérie Sanja, a french national currently living in Germany following my recent surgery and medical follow up treatment. ...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 21, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

Cancer and family planning: A guy’s perspective.
For my book Everything Changes, I interviewed a young adult cancer survivor whose body could no longer produce eggs nor carry a child.  When she met her husband, he was set on having children with his genetic material.  So, they found an egg donor and hired a separate woman as a surrogate who carried the children.  They now have twins, the surrogate is in their lives as an aunt, and while the survivor loves her children, she still has some residual emotional challenges about how they were conceived. What interests me as much as the decisions cancer survivors make in response to their complex family planning needs is the...
Source: Everything Changes - February 19, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kairol Rosenthal Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Suicide Attempt Survivor Voices
The American Association of Suicidology 2014 National Conference in Los Angeles featured the panel, ‘Can You Hear Me Now? New Voices of Attempt Survivors.’ It includes presentations by Cara Anna, Dese’Rae Stage, Samantha Nadler, Misha Kessler, and Craig A. Miller. This historic, inspiring panel coincided with the launch of a new Attempt Survivors Division of the AAS, a move heralded as a major achievement in suicide prevention in the movement to include people who’ve been suicidal. Soon after, the New York Times featured an article about attempt survivors. It includes an interview with Dese’Ra...
Source: Channel N - April 22, 2014 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: Events General Lecture Panel AAS American Association of Suicidology attempt survivor Attempt Survivors Division Cara Anna Craig A. Miller Dese Rae Stage lived experience Misha Kessler New York Times peer recovery Samantha Source Type: blogs

Ovarian Cancer: It’s called the “Silent Killer” but the Survivors I’ve Met are Anything But!
We’ve all seen the t-shirts with the blazing words F**k Cancer, and Cancer Sucks, among a throng of other cancer awareness slogans. Everyone hates cancer, especially those with personal connections. But those of us who have had cancer ourselves, or have become the = caregivers for those with cancer, have lived on the front lines and learned the importance of being proactive for our care as well as our cause. Ovarian cancer is a cancer that doesn’t get its due respect; by that I mean it lacks acknowledgement and good old PR. All told, the number of women diagnosed is low by cancer standards, but the real reason ovarian ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 18, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Cancer Health Reform Policy Women's Health Source Type: blogs

When Size Affects Your Odds
Oncologists are on board in the fight against obesity. And they’ve made it official by issuing their first-ever Position Statement on Obesity and Cancer through the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). That’s especially great news for women—who are twice as likely as men to be affected by the nearly half a million new cases of obesity-related cancers worldwide each year. Not surprisingly, the greatest proportion of them are in North America. (http://ow.ly/FacZg http://ow.ly/Fadcm) Despite the fact that more American men than women are overweight or obese, U.S. women are disproportionately affected by the obe...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - January 28, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Consumer Health Care Policy Publc Health Source Type: blogs

Team LIVESTRONG Spotlight: Cyclists Combating Cancer
We’re highlighting some of the amazing individuals and teams that have made our events so special, and who do incredible work fundraising to support LIVESTRONG’s cancer programs and services. Team Name: Cyclists Combating Cancer Team Captain: Steve Bartolucci Co-Captain: Will Swetnam LS: Tell us about your Team? What inspired the name? Do you have a team motto? Cyclists Combating Cancer was founded by Damon Phinney in August of 1998. Damon’s idea was to develop an email community to connect those in treatment or beyond who had an interest in recovery and fitness through bicycling. He had found bicycli...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - July 13, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

What if cancer treatment left you completely exhausted?
When I was 38, my life was turned upside down. As a healthy, happy wife and mother of two, I never could have imagined that I would be diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. Post-diagnosis was a whirlwind: I had a double mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy and more surgery.It took a long time to get my health back after treatment, but I discovered that the entire experience took a toll on my metabolism and muscle strength. When I ’d try to exercise, I’d just end up in a pool of tears due to pain and exhaustion.A friend told me aboutLIVESTRONG at the YMCA and it changed my life. Their exercise program fo...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - August 18, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: LIVESTRONG Staff Source Type: blogs

5 Truths Survivors of Suicide Loss Need to Know Right Now
In the wake of losing someone to suicide, there is much pain and confusion, to say the least. I want to list these five simple truths right up front for those who may need to hear them right away: It isn’t your fault. Do not be ashamed. Your grief is complicated. Healing is possible. You still have life. 1. It isn’t your fault. Losing someone to suicide can often fill us with very specific emotions: Guilt. Regret. Blame. But it is important to talk back to these feelings. It is important to realize and understand that you simply cannot carry the weight of someone else’s decision. Suicide is a very...
Source: World of Psychology - March 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bonnie McClure Tags: Depression Inspiration & Hope Stigma Suicide grief grieving Suicide Loss Survivor Guilt Source Type: blogs

Partnering Together for Survivor Life Makeovers
The National Women's Survivors Convention, YMCA of the USA and the LIVESTRONG Foundation are helping change the lives of three women cancer survivors with SURVIVOR LIFE MAKEOVERS.
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - April 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Haley Gardiner (LIVESTRONG Foundation Staff) Source Type: blogs

Normal Care Hours Don’t Work for Workers With Chronic Conditions
It looks like an airport lounge without the rolling suitcases. There are about 20 of us cancer survivor-types fiddling with our phones or reading the newspaper. A few of us are sipping delicious contrast fluid in preparation for a scan, but most of us are waiting to meet with our oncologists for follow-up or monitoring visits. All of us are between the ages of 20 and 70 and all of us are dressed for success – or at least for our jobs. What’s wrong with this picture? Why are employed adults spending a busy Wednesday morning waiting (and waiting) to visit our oncologists when we should be working? We are there becaus...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 13, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Cancer Chronic Conditions Patients Source Type: blogs

Cancer is Not a Death Sentence
Life is Good! If you or a loved one has just gotten a cancer diagnosis, I want to reach out to you with this article to let you know you don’t have to be afraid. Of course you will be in the beginning. We are conditioned to fear cancer. But, I want you to know that you have enormous hope for a high quality, healthy, even long, life in your future if you want that and are willing to listen to the message from your body and take action to heal it. Let’s Face the Fear Factor First I realize that having “death” in the title is a little scary, but it’s true: Cancer is not your death sentence. Being born is. At birth...
Source: Life Learning Today - May 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Green Living Happy Healthy Living How To Solving Problems Spiritual alternative cancer cures alternative cancer healing Believe faith fear fear of cancer heal yourself healing cancer healing power love yourself Source Type: blogs