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Preparing for appointments
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Preparing for medical appointments with your doctor and your healthcare team.
Childhood blood cancers
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The difference it makes for a child when parents, teachers and friends have the right kind of information and resources to lean on.
Michael
Ontario
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Michael was preparing to move with his wife to Ottawa when he was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after a routine doctor's visit. In this podcast, he shares his story from diagnosis to remission.
Speaking with your employer
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Speaking with your employer about your cancer diagnosis. Communicating with your work, boss and employees about cancer.
Telling your children
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Tips for talking to children about blood cancer diagnosis. Telling your children and grandchildren about blood cancer and treatment options.
Talking to family and friends
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You may be asking yourself what to do or how much to reveal. Some people with cancer choose to tell their loved ones only. Others find it helps when other people they have regular contact with also know about their diagnosis. You may find it difficult to do so, but it will allow…
First Connection Peer Support Program
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You are not alone. Sometimes, you may feel completely alone and maybe even misunderstood by your family and friends during your cancer experience. When it happens, it can feel unsettling and isolating, but it is understandable. For those days when it seems like the people who…
Personalized support
Adjusting to a new normal
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When cancer ends, your life after cancer begins. Your perspective on life, your role in society and your feelings about yourself and others may be different now than before your cancer experience.
Healthcare management
David Senac
Ontario
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In April 2006, as I just turned 25, I was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia type 2 after experiencing extreme fatigue, very pale skin and unusual loss of weight.
Katerina Zoï Sita
Quebec
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When I was 19 years old, I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphoma. No matter how old you are, hearing that you have cancer comes as an absolute shock.