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A platform to discuss surviving cancer and alternative medications. Becoming your own advocate in sickness, along with mental, spiritual and recovery discussions.

This booklet details a personal journey through high-risk prostate cancer, beginning with the diagnosis and the decision to undergo robotic surgery using the da Vinci system rather than brachytherapy. The author recounts their preparation for the procedure, including pre-operative physiotherapy, and describes the emotions and physical sensations experienced during the surgery itself. Significant attention is given to the realities and challenges of post-surgery recovery, covering issues such as catheter use, pain management, and regaining bladder control through dedicated physiotherapy. The ...

How Cancer changed my life.

OUR MISSION To facilitate tangible improvements in the lives of people who have been affected by cancer(s), by providing them and their loved ones the necessary survival tools, education, support and advocacy so that they can become responsible for and take an active role in their own medical care and wellbeing. OUR GOALOur goal is to teach all people affected by cancer, including those with multiple cancers and/or rare cancers, to become CANCER THRIVERS.

Rectal Candor is a survival guide for surviving rectal cancer. In each episode I cover a specific topic related to my experience as a stage 3 rectal cancer survivor. I candidly share my experiences from diagnosis to treatment. I talk about my LAR surgery and the ileostomy I have, chemo and the side effects, pain, poop, ED... the list is endless because I am living through it right now. If you've been recently diagnosed with any colorectal cancer, my goal is to make it less scary by having honest conversations about it, and demystifying it as much as I can.