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what it feels like: 'i had to work through' paralysis from arteriovenous malformations

fifteen years after rhian jansen was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformations in her brain, she suffered a brain bleed that left her paralyzed.
karen hawthorne
jul 13, 2023
rhian jansen plans to create a free workbook for people with brain injuries.

what it feels like: 'watching and waiting' while living with prostate cancer

when their father passed away from prostate cancer, it prompted anthony henry and his brother to begin regular screening for the disease. the decision likely saved their lives.
karen hawthorne
jul 11, 2023
anthony henry, pictured with his wife carol mcintosh-henry, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015, 14 years after his father passed away following a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. supplied

what it feels like: diagnosed with small intestine cancer in the middle of a pandemic

diagnosed during the covid-19 pandemic, dave beaton would have to drive more than two hours for treatment — from the remote community of mindemoya to the cancer care clinic in sudbury, ontario.
emma jones
jun 02, 2023
dave was awake and watching the video feed from an intestinal scope when it came across a mass in his small intestine.

what it feels like: with glaucoma 'it took me losing my sight to find my vision'

after losing her sight, laura feltz left a prestigious corporate job to work on her true passion: coaching women to achieve their goals.
emma jones
may 10, 2023
one of laura feltz's challenges as she lost her vision was acknowledging the loss of independence and mourning things like not being able to see her family's faces. supplied

what it feels like: 'i feel left out' with pulmonary hypertension

it took several months and a stay in the hospital before allison wells found out why she was always short of breath.
emma jones
apr 13, 2023
allison wells lives with pulmonary hypertension, which causes higher blood pressure in the lungs due to the narrowing of the pulmonary arteries.

what it feels like: travelling the world with spinal muscular atrophy

living with spinal muscular atrophy, tori hunter points to cities around the world that show us true accessibility is possible.
emma jones
apr 10, 2023
tori hunter, an advocate for those living with spinal muscular atrophy, spends her time as a social media campaign manager, freelance writer, accessibility consultant and pet-parent to her poodle, maya.

what it feels like: colorectal cancer 'is not glamorous at all'

there were other signs, like bloating and abdominal discomfort, but it was the rectal bleeding that led catherine perka to a gastroenterologist and a cancer diagnosis: 'the whole thing feels like, i want to say a dream, but it was more like a nightmare.'
emma jones
mar 16, 2023
catherine (left) was ten weeks pregnant with husband dan (right) when she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

what it feels like: learning to live with glaucoma was 'accepting this is who i am'

it was a growth process. i think part of it was accepting this is who i am, i can't change it. part of it was to let stuff go from the past. part of it too is understanding that i can't really control what other people are going to do or how they're going to respond to me," john maloney says of life with glaucoma.
emma jones
mar 10, 2023
john maloney says recent technology has made things like completing a master's degree much, much easier.

what it feels like: 'i had to work through' paralysis from arteriovenous malformations

fifteen years after rhian jansen was diagnosed with arteriovenous malformations in her brain, she suffered a brain bleed that left her paralyzed.
karen hawthorne
jul 13, 2023
rhian jansen plans to create a free workbook for people with brain injuries.

what it feels like: 'watching and waiting' while living with prostate cancer

when their father passed away from prostate cancer, it prompted anthony henry and his brother to begin regular screening for the disease. the decision likely saved their lives.
karen hawthorne
jul 11, 2023
anthony henry, pictured with his wife carol mcintosh-henry, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015, 14 years after his father passed away following a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. supplied

what it feels like: diagnosed with small intestine cancer in the middle of a pandemic

diagnosed during the covid-19 pandemic, dave beaton would have to drive more than two hours for treatment — from the remote community of mindemoya to the cancer care clinic in sudbury, ontario.
emma jones
jun 02, 2023
dave was awake and watching the video feed from an intestinal scope when it came across a mass in his small intestine.

what it feels like: with glaucoma 'it took me losing my sight to find my vision'

after losing her sight, laura feltz left a prestigious corporate job to work on her true passion: coaching women to achieve their goals.
emma jones
may 10, 2023
one of laura feltz's challenges as she lost her vision was acknowledging the loss of independence and mourning things like not being able to see her family's faces. supplied

what it feels like: 'i feel left out' with pulmonary hypertension

it took several months and a stay in the hospital before allison wells found out why she was always short of breath.
emma jones
apr 13, 2023
allison wells lives with pulmonary hypertension, which causes higher blood pressure in the lungs due to the narrowing of the pulmonary arteries.

what it feels like: travelling the world with spinal muscular atrophy

living with spinal muscular atrophy, tori hunter points to cities around the world that show us true accessibility is possible.
emma jones
apr 10, 2023
tori hunter, an advocate for those living with spinal muscular atrophy, spends her time as a social media campaign manager, freelance writer, accessibility consultant and pet-parent to her poodle, maya.

what it feels like: colorectal cancer 'is not glamorous at all'

there were other signs, like bloating and abdominal discomfort, but it was the rectal bleeding that led catherine perka to a gastroenterologist and a cancer diagnosis: 'the whole thing feels like, i want to say a dream, but it was more like a nightmare.'
emma jones
mar 16, 2023
catherine (left) was ten weeks pregnant with husband dan (right) when she was diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

what it feels like: learning to live with glaucoma was 'accepting this is who i am'

it was a growth process. i think part of it was accepting this is who i am, i can't change it. part of it was to let stuff go from the past. part of it too is understanding that i can't really control what other people are going to do or how they're going to respond to me," john maloney says of life with glaucoma.
emma jones
mar 10, 2023
john maloney says recent technology has made things like completing a master's degree much, much easier.
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