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what it feels like

what it feels like: overcoming endometrial cancer and finding 'some joy every day'  
endometrial cancer has "given me a different perspective on life, and i don’t take things so much for granted anymore.”
angelica bottaro
cancer
sep 3 2024
joan and her husband, colin, love to travel, and she never let endometrial cancer steal that from her.

what it feels like: 'only another cancer patient can understand the fears' after getting diagnosed with melanoma  
mike copeman spent much of his life in the sun. with a camera in hand, long sleeves, and a cowboy hat, mike spent his life doing what he loved—taking great photographs.
angelica bottaro
skin cancer
aug 27 2024
mike copeman used humour, connection, and faith to get through melanoma treatment.

what it feels like: facing leukemia, recurrence and the ripple effect on the people you love
surviving cancer has been tough for jennifer mitchell, but it wasn’t losing her hair or the debilitating fatigue and nausea of chemo that haunt her. it was telling her husband that her leukemia had come back.
karen hawthorne
leukemia
aug 26 2024
those early days in her cancer journey, and the years of debilitating treatment that followed, inspired her advocacy work with the canadian cancer society for access to care, and a self-published book on cancer survival so others who face a similar diagnosis feel less alone.

what it feels like: losing your child to meningitis
mary clough says if she had known there was a vaccine for meningitis, her daughter would still be alive today.
karen hawthorne
meningitis
jul 26 2024
macey, cassey and mary clough, left to right, pose for a photo at macey's grade 8 graduation.

what it feels like: ovarian cancer made me listen to my gut feelings
"when it comes to ovarian cancer, it’s so dependent on the human side of it in the sense that you don’t have very clear symptoms."
karen hawthorne
ovarian cancer
jun 26 2024
alvina urges others to "act on that gut feeling and listen to it and take it as real information" regarding subtle symptoms.

what it feels like: ‘attitude is everything’ living with osteoarthritis
carla heggie has had more than 30 surgeries through the years because of severe osteoarthritis.
karen hawthorne
arthritis
jun 3 2024
carla heggie biked for 10 years with a specialized touring bike, hiked on a glacier in iceland and hiked up the side of a volcano in new zealand – all while living with osteoarthritis.

what it feels like: cervical cancer, hpv awareness and the power of family
"your whole life flashes before your eyes. but you’re also feeling motivated to get treatment started, because you have this sense of ‘i can do this,’" cindy howard says of being diagnosed with cervical cancer.
karen hawthorne
cervical cancer
may 7 2024
cindy howard, right, says that her husband mike, left, and son mason are what kept her going through the fears and uncertainty while being treated for cervical cancer.

what it feels like: 'i’m more' than just a person with spinal muscular atrophy
while the pain and other symptoms associated with sma keep nouma hammash down, her drive to give back to the community and take care of others never ceases.
angelica bottaro
rare diseases
apr 30 2024
aside from awareness and community support, nouma hammash makes one other simple request: that she and others with sma be seen for who they are, not their condition.
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what it feels like: overcoming endometrial cancer and finding 'some joy every day'  
endometrial cancer has "given me a different perspective on life, and i don’t take things so much for granted anymore.”
angelica bottaro
cancer
sep 3 2024
joan and her husband, colin, love to travel, and she never let endometrial cancer steal that from her.

what it feels like: 'only another cancer patient can understand the fears' after getting diagnosed with melanoma  
mike copeman spent much of his life in the sun. with a camera in hand, long sleeves, and a cowboy hat, mike spent his life doing what he loved—taking great photographs.
angelica bottaro
skin cancer
aug 27 2024
mike copeman used humour, connection, and faith to get through melanoma treatment.

what it feels like: facing leukemia, recurrence and the ripple effect on the people you love
surviving cancer has been tough for jennifer mitchell, but it wasn’t losing her hair or the debilitating fatigue and nausea of chemo that haunt her. it was telling her husband that her leukemia had come back.
karen hawthorne
leukemia
aug 26 2024
those early days in her cancer journey, and the years of debilitating treatment that followed, inspired her advocacy work with the canadian cancer society for access to care, and a self-published book on cancer survival so others who face a similar diagnosis feel less alone.

what it feels like: losing your child to meningitis
mary clough says if she had known there was a vaccine for meningitis, her daughter would still be alive today.
karen hawthorne
meningitis
jul 26 2024
macey, cassey and mary clough, left to right, pose for a photo at macey's grade 8 graduation.

what it feels like: ovarian cancer made me listen to my gut feelings
"when it comes to ovarian cancer, it’s so dependent on the human side of it in the sense that you don’t have very clear symptoms."
karen hawthorne
ovarian cancer
jun 26 2024
alvina urges others to "act on that gut feeling and listen to it and take it as real information" regarding subtle symptoms.

what it feels like: ‘attitude is everything’ living with osteoarthritis
carla heggie has had more than 30 surgeries through the years because of severe osteoarthritis.
karen hawthorne
arthritis
jun 3 2024
carla heggie biked for 10 years with a specialized touring bike, hiked on a glacier in iceland and hiked up the side of a volcano in new zealand – all while living with osteoarthritis.

what it feels like: cervical cancer, hpv awareness and the power of family
"your whole life flashes before your eyes. but you’re also feeling motivated to get treatment started, because you have this sense of ‘i can do this,’" cindy howard says of being diagnosed with cervical cancer.
karen hawthorne
cervical cancer
may 7 2024
cindy howard, right, says that her husband mike, left, and son mason are what kept her going through the fears and uncertainty while being treated for cervical cancer.

what it feels like: 'i’m more' than just a person with spinal muscular atrophy
while the pain and other symptoms associated with sma keep nouma hammash down, her drive to give back to the community and take care of others never ceases.
angelica bottaro
rare diseases
apr 30 2024
aside from awareness and community support, nouma hammash makes one other simple request: that she and others with sma be seen for who they are, not their condition.
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migraine canada

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