TeamIHadCancer
TeamIHadCancer
Survivor: Breast Cancer (Stage II)
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Weekly Roundup 07/14
July 16th, 2014

Hi everyone,

If you missed out some I Had Cancer news recently then here is a recap of the past week. We will be continuing our blog that follows the TV series “Chasing Life” and could use more cancer survivors to tune in and send us a review of what they think of the show. Email nick@ihadcancer.com to find out more about our new blog. As always, please let us know if you have any questions, comments or requests for our team!

Recent Blog Posts (please email nick@ihadcancer.com to learn more)

  • Are We Ever Really “Cancer-Free”? For many survivors, the effects of cancer don't end when treatment does. In this guest blog post, Adele shares what she has experienced since treatment has ended, and how she copes with her new fears and questions. .
  • Four Cancer Survivors Review “Chasing Life” | Ep. 5 Have you tuned into the new ABC Series, "Chasing Life"? We asked cancer survivors to weigh in on the way the main character has navigated the cancer journey so far. 

Recent Dear Cancer Messages (What do you have to say to cancer? Let it out.)

  • Dear Cancer, you came into my life on May 16, 2013 when my sister/best friend got AML. She fought for a year and 1 month when you took her on June 16, 2014. The pain and suffering you have caused my beautiful sister and I will never be forgotten. You took one of the most important people in my life away and I am never going to recover, she will never hold my hand, she will never walk at my side with her IV pole, she will never hug me, give me kisses and never tell me how much she loves me. You have destroyed my life and for this I will spend the rest of my existence trying to help others fight back the way I helped my sister. (click here to comment)
  • Dear Cancer. You have been a pain since diagnosed. You made me sick 4 month before found, and now almost 2 years out the surgeries have caused scar tissue that makes it hard to do my job. You took one thing I truly miss is my memory. I use to be able to tell a tree by seeing it now I cant. You have cause depression that I am looking for help for, and you took my smile. NO more. I am going to find the old me. He was a great guy. (click here to comment)

Recent Facebook post (Don't forget to Like us on FB!)   

  • "I am 25 years old and diagnosed with breast cancer. I finished chemo in March and I recently hit the halfway mark on my radiation." Here's to Gabrielle - beautiful with and without hair. #baldisbeautiful I Had Cancer Facebook Page)
  • "If you ask me how I'm doing, and I answer honestly by telling you that I'm worried, please accept my answer. You asked and I answered. It might not be all sunshine, rainbows or fluffy kittens but it is where I am at. " (I Had Cancer Facebook page)

Recent Discussion Questions (Ask anything you want on our discussion board.)

  • Do you have a port scar on you chest? Are you as self conscious about it as I am?!?!?! I've heard Vitamin E oil helps it heal and fade....any recommendations? (click here to answer)
  • I finished chemotherapy two years ago. Towards the end of chemo and ever since, I've begun developing undiagnosable skin conditions and I am wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I don't want to blame it on chemo, but it's the only thing I can come up with. (click here to answer

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Thanks for all of your support.
- The IHC Team

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