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Dan Duffy: The Cancer Survivors

2013-05-22T19:18:24Z

Zach Sobiech was someone many of you never heard of a few months ago.. At the tender age of 14, Zach was stricken with an absolutely vicious cancer called osteosarcoma. After his last round, he went in for his check-up... expecting to hear good news. What he got was something out of a nightmare.

Read more: Fighting Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Survival, Zach Sobiech Clouds, Cancer Survivors, Zach Sobiech, Generation Why, Healthy Living News

Emily Kontos: Cancer as Newlyweds: An Unplanned Journey

2013-05-22T13:46:09Z

Little did my husband and I know that a mere four years after reciting our vows, we would be asked to live up to them. That was when we discovered that Alex had advanced testicular cancer, and his surgery and chemotherapy treatment would begin right away.

Read more: Marriage, Generation Why, Infertility, Young Adult Cancer, Youth Cancer, Cancer Marriage, Cancer, Testicular Cancer, Healthy Living News

Joanna_Montgomery: Can We Talk About Sex... and Cancer?

2013-05-22T12:52:38Z

We all know that cancer changes a person forever. It clearly changes us physically. It also changes us emotionally. Now here's the part no one really tells you: Cancer really does a number on your sexuality, especially us women.

Read more: Cancer, Sex, Cancer Sex, Generation Why, Angelina Jolie Brca, Cancer Emotion, Cancer Sex Life, Cancer Physical, Sex Cancer Relationships, Brca Gene, Healthy Living News

Elise Frame: Medical No Man's Land: A 20-year-old Cancer Patient

2013-05-21T17:46:07Z

Nobody ever really expects to be diagnosed with cancer, but as a 20-year-old college student, I definitely wasn't prepared.

Read more: Adult Oncology, Young Adults, Cancer, AYA Cancer, Young Adult Cancer, Generation Why, Pediatric Oncology, Healthy Living News

Joy Huber: 5 Things Angelina Jolie Teaches Us About Cancer

2013-05-20T19:32:03Z

As more details have been revealed, I have reflected on what one of the world's most beautiful and most recognizable women has taught us recently about cancer.

Read more: Breast Cancer, Double Mastectomy, Generation Why, Angelina Jolie Brca, Cancer Women, Brca1 Gene, Angelina Jolie Cancer, Healthy Living News

Heather Von St. James: From Tragedy to Triumph

2013-05-20T15:29:35Z

I am a wife, a mother and a mesothelioma warrior. I have a story to tell, one that starts with tragedy but ends in triumph.

Read more: Generation Why, Cancer Survivor, Motherhood, Mesothelioma, Healthy Living, Asbestos Cancer, Video, Healthy Living News

Emily Drake: Reflect, Refocus, Rebuild, Live: An Interview With Mike Lang

2013-05-20T11:28:49Z

Having been a former outpatient at a pediatric health center, it was a unique experience for me to be on the other side of the fence talking about the experience of pediatric patients transitioning from pediatric to adult health care. I had the opportunity to catch up with Mike Lang last week to ask him about his adventure therapy organization, Survive & Thrive Expeditions.

Read more: Mike Lang, Generation Why, Cancer Survivor, Survive & Thrive Expeditions, Young Adults Cancer, Volunteers Cancer, Cancer, Interview, Healthy Living News

Lisa Bonchek Adams: In Sickness and in Health: What Is It Like for a Mother to Read Her Daughter's Blogs About Stage IV Cancer?

2013-05-20T10:40:56Z

Mom and I have reacted very differently to the news of my stage IV cancer. I was online within days writing posts about the steps I was taking. As my readers know, I'm very open about this part of my life. My mother, on the other hand, is much more private.

Read more: Parents Cancer, Stage 4 Cancer, Generation Why, Cancer, Caregiving Cancer, Mother Daughter Cancer, Healthy Living News

WATCH: Why I Got A Preventive Mastectomy At 21

2013-05-16T14:56:32Z

Following Angelina Jolie's announcement on Monday that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy, Abby Huntsman hosted a HuffPost Live segment ...

Read more: Preventive Mastectomy, Preventive Mastectomies, Ticking Time Bombs, Generation Why, Preventive Mastectomy at 21, Breast Cancer, Rachel Joy Horn, Healthy Living News

Denise Tam: A Mother's Strength in a Daughter's Cancer

2013-05-14T15:25:06Z

She was my strength -- literally -- and helped bathe me just as she did 30 years ago. She was with me as I battled the nausea and fatigue from the chemo.

Read more: Cancer, Love, Mother's Day, Strength, Cancer Patients, Generation Why, Daughter Cancer, Healthy Living News

Seporah Raizer: Cancer Messed With the Wrong B*tch: Now Is the Time

2013-05-14T15:12:19Z

When you're diagnosed with cancer, there's all this pressure to get out and "live your life," and anxiety about being judged for taking life for granted now that you're staring your mortality in the face. But living life to the fullest doesn't mean the same thing for everyone.

Read more: Cancer Treatment, Breast Cancer, Generation Why, Breast Cancer Awareness, Cancer Survivor, Healthy Living News

Eamonn Conrad: Things I Was Told During Chemotherapy

2013-05-14T14:00:18Z

Every day, young adults are diagnosed with cancer. Every day, people tell them it will be okay, or it isn't so bad. These quotes are some things that were said to me by various people in my life. These things didn't really help me.

Read more: Generation Why, Young Adult Cancer, Cancer Survivor, Cancer, Ewing's Sarcoma, Healthy Living News

Elise Frame: It Happened, Even to Me

2013-05-14T12:08:59Z

I am happy that my story brings others encouragement,

And I don't think any of this is a mistake.

I just wish people would stop telling me "I can't imagine how you do it"

And instead realize, "You're just like me."

Read more: Young Adult Cancer, Young Adult Cancer Survivors, Cancer Survivor, Generation Why, Cancer, Cancer Poem, Healthy Living News

Jennifer Giuffre-Donohue: Remission With a Side of Hypochondria

2013-05-14T11:44:36Z

Being a young cancer survivor is a paradox. On the one hand you have a long life ahead of you. On the other hand because you're younger you'll have many years of testing to make sure there are no recurrences.

Read more: Cat Scans Cancer, Cancer Remission, Cancer, Generation Why, Cancer Scans, Cancer Survivor, Healthy Living News

Dan Duffy: The Accidental Philanthropist

2013-05-13T18:52:42Z

Regardless of how successful your philanthropic effort is, take heart in the fact that you had the desire to change the world, and we are all better for it.

Read more: Cancer, Charity, Cancer Education, Philanthropy, Cancer Diagnosis, Cancer Treatment, Charity Organizations, Cancer Awareness, Generation Why, Healthy Living News

Karin Diamond: To Oncology Nurses, From a Seasoned Patient

2013-05-13T18:16:55Z

Proper health care is not one-size-fits all. Even if the 80-year-old Spanish-speaking man in the chemo recliner beside me has my same disease, his needs are different. Keep that individualization in care and kindness at the head of everything, and the rest will fall into place.

Read more: Hodgkin Lymphoma, Nursing, Medical Care, Oncology Nurses, Cancer, Hodgkin's Disease, Cancer Young Adults, Generation Why, Healthy Living News

Joanna_Montgomery: False Evidence Appearing Real

2013-05-13T17:57:34Z

If I allowed it, I could "what if" myself into a state of total paralysis. But I'm not going to do that. Fear is the only thing keeping me from living a full life, not cancer or car crashes.

Read more: Cancer Fear, Fear, Generation Why, Cancer, Cancer Survivor, Healthy Living News

Heather Von St. James: Surviving Is Not the End, but Just the Beginning

2013-05-13T16:10:17Z

What does it mean to be a survivor? And I'm not talking about outsmarting a bunch of other people on an island in the South Pacific. I'm talking surviving something that you're not supposed to. In my case, it was cancer.

Read more: Motherhood, Cancer, Asbestos, Mesothelioma, Survivor, Radiation, Chemotherapy, Generation Why, Mesothelioma Victims, Healthy Living News

Aisling Carroll: The Experience I Wouldn't Have Gotten Through Without My Mom

2013-05-11T00:20:11Z

Instead of coaching athletes, she has spent the last several years coaching me as I've strived to get better, first from ovarian cancer at the age of 32, then from the autonomic nerve damage the life-saving chemo caused.

Read more: National Football League, Young Adult Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Mother's Day, San Francisco 49ers, Ireland, Motherhood, Breast Cancer, Irish, San Francisco, Mothers and Daughters, Women News

Joy Huber: This Mother's Day, Meet a Pregnant Mom of Four With Cancer

2013-05-09T11:23:00Z

This 36-year-old mom of four was pregnant with her fifth child when she received some extremely devastating news. Her courage is truly inspiring, and her faith and appreciation are wonderful!

Read more: Mother's Day, Robin Roberts, Cancer Resources, Cristy Norwood, Cancer Support, TNBC Foundation, Cancer With Joy, Good Morning America, Generation Why, Healthy Living News

Mike Lang: Valleys : Episode 3 -- 'This Guilty Feeling'

2013-04-17T09:00:00Z

Talking about cancer can be difficult. And for many, the thought of sharing their actual feelings about cancer with those they love can feel insurmountable.

Read more: Cancer Treatment, Generation Why, Cancer Survivor, Cancer, Cancer Support, Cancer Young Adults, Valleys, Cancer Caregivers, Video, Healthy Living News

Mike Lang: Valleys : Episode 6 -- 'The Choice'

2013-05-08T14:58:29Z

Getting cancer as a young adult seems so unfair. And holding all these conflicting and difficult emotions inside can cause an emotional cancer that takes almost as great a toll as the physical disease itself.

Read more: Cancer Treatment, Video, Generation Why, Cancer Survivor, Cancer Caregivers, Valley Web Series, Cancer, Cancer Support, Cancer Young Adults, Healthy Living News

Mike Lang: Valleys : Episode 5 -- 'The Release'

2013-05-01T06:10:38Z

Is it possible to transform anger, guilt, loss and grief into acceptance and forgiveness? Can you be peaceful in the face of the relentless life threat of cancer? In Valleys: Episode 5, Amy struggles with this conflict as she tries to find release from tormenting anger and guilt.

Read more: Cancer Treatment, Generation Why, Cancer Survivor, Cancer Caregivers, Valley Web Series, Cancer, Cancer Support, Cancer Young Adults, Video, Healthy Living News

Joy Huber: Finding the 'Bright Side Effects' of Stage 4 Cancer

2013-04-30T11:06:41Z

If I could fight something like cancer -- and stage 4 cancer at that -- as a young adult truly just beginning to experience the blessings of my life with joy, I know you can also find the "bright side" of your obstacles and challenges.

Read more: Cancer Speakers, Cancer Resources, Stage 4 Cancer, Young Adult Cancer Survivors, Cancer Support, Cancer, Generation Why, Healthy Living News

Lindsay Goldstein: The Power of Relay for Life

2013-04-30T10:15:00Z

Cancer is a fight that, while it's physically ended for me, I will continue to fight for the rest of my life as a survivor. I didn't choose to be an advocate, but I now understand that it's a gift, and I need to do more than sit at my computer and encourage others to act -- I need to act, too.

Read more: American Cancer Society, Young Adult Cancer, Youth Cancer, Young Adult, Relay for Life, Generation Why, Healthy Living News