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Young Adults | Lymphoma Canada Jump to navigation Lymphoma Canada Languages Français English Know Your Nodes Contact Us Donate Lymphoma Canada Main menuWell-nighUsOur TeamBoard of Directors Scientific Advisory Board Our Partners Annual Reports Contact Us LymphomaPatient ExperienceTaking ControlFinding Clinical Trials Your Healthcare Team Questions To Ask Your Healthcare Team Young Adults Coping with CancerCoping and Emotions TalkingWell-nighYour Cancer Exercise Nutrition Advocacy Advanced Planning Loss and Grief Advanced Cancer CaregiversBasics of Caregiving Caring for someone with Lymphoma Tips for Caregivers Self-care for Caregivers Caregivers Need from Healthcare ProfessionalsSuperintendencyfor the Caregiver Advanced Cancer Caregivers OverviewCancer Lymphatic System Blood & Bone Marrow Lymphoma CLL & SLLAbout CLL & SLLDevelopment of CLL How CLL Affects the Body Risks Signs & Symptoms Richter's Transformation DiagnosisLab Tests Staging Watch & Wait TreatmentOverview of CLL Treatment Options Chemotherapy Antibody Therapy Targeted Therapy Radiation Therapy Splenectomy Stem Cell Transplantation SupportiveSuperintendencyCLL ResourcesVideos Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms DiagnosisSubtypes Staging Treatment Non-Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms Causes TreatmentGoals of Treatment Watch and Wait Biologics Radiation Surgery Bone Marrow Transplant Complementary Therapies Side Effect Management Low Blood Counts Post Treatment Staging Classifying NHL Grading NHL NHL Subtypes TreatmentAggressive NHL Indolent NHL Get InvolvedWays to GiveMonthly Giving Planned GiftBequests Life Insurance Stocks Annuities Charitable Remainder Trust A Gift of Residual Interest ECHOage Volunteer Join an event Create an event Share your story Shared Stories News & EventsNewsImproving Access to Innovative Cancer Therapies Lien pour le sondage patients/proches LLA et LDGCB r/r Big News in Nova Scotia Events2018 National Patient Conference - Quebec City Vancouver Patient Conference - Sept 15 take it to the mat Toronto take it to the mat Montreal Programs & ResourcesPublications Educational Sessions Healthcare ProfessionalsResearch Fellowship SupportSupport Groups Peer Support Program Financial Assistance Helpful LinksGlossary Newsletter Archive Search form Search Search Main menuWell-nighUsOur TeamBoard of Directors Scientific Advisory Board Our Partners Annual Reports Contact Us LymphomaPatient ExperienceTaking ControlFinding Clinical Trials Your Healthcare Team Questions To Ask Your Healthcare Team Young Adults Coping with CancerCoping and Emotions TalkingWell-nighYour Cancer Exercise Nutrition Advocacy Advanced Planning Loss and Grief Advanced Cancer CaregiversBasics of Caregiving Caring for someone with Lymphoma Tips for Caregivers Self-care for Caregivers Caregivers Need from Healthcare ProfessionalsSuperintendencyfor the Caregiver Advanced Cancer Caregivers OverviewCancer Lymphatic System Blood & Bone Marrow Lymphoma CLL & SLLAbout CLL & SLLDevelopment of CLL How CLL Affects the Body Risks Signs & Symptoms Richter's Transformation DiagnosisLab Tests Staging Watch & Wait TreatmentOverview of CLL Treatment Options Chemotherapy Antibody Therapy Targeted Therapy Radiation Therapy Splenectomy Stem Cell Transplantation SupportiveSuperintendencyCLL ResourcesVideos Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms DiagnosisSubtypes Staging Treatment Non-Hodgkin LymphomaSigns & Symptoms Causes TreatmentGoals of Treatment Watch and Wait Biologics Radiation Surgery Bone Marrow Transplant Complementary Therapies Side Effect Management Low Blood Counts Post Treatment Staging Classifying NHL Grading NHL NHL Subtypes TreatmentAggressive NHL Indolent NHL Get InvolvedWays to GiveMonthly Giving Planned GiftBequests Life Insurance Stocks Annuities Charitable Remainder Trust A Gift of Residual Interest ECHOage Volunteer Join an event Create an event Share your story Shared Stories News & EventsNewsImproving Access to Innovative Cancer Therapies Lien pour le sondage patients/proches LLA et LDGCB r/r Big News in Nova Scotia Events2018 National Patient Conference - Quebec City Vancouver Patient Conference - Sept 15 take it to the mat Toronto take it to the mat Montreal Programs & ResourcesPublications Educational Sessions Healthcare ProfessionalsResearch Fellowship SupportSupport Groups Peer Support Program Financial Assistance Helpful LinksGlossary Newsletter Archive Search form Search Search You are hereHome > Lymphoma > Patient Experience > Young Adults Young Adults So here you are – never in a million years did you think you would be dealing with this. Cancer? Me? Now? This can’t be happening. You’re so young, it makes no sense. It isn’t fair! The word “cancer” carries a huge weight with it – a weight that you likely took on the moment you heard your doctor utter this word. Now you are struggling to understand this type of cancer – lymphoma – and what having lymphoma is going to midpoint for your life and all the plans, hopes and dreams you’ve been working toward. Here are a few things you need to know from the get-go: 1. You are not the only one going through this. Many people your age (15 to 39 years old) are dealing with this. Perhaps the most important thing you can do is to vaccinate up with some of these people – via e-mail, Facebook, yack rooms, telephone, group talks – whatever. Just do it. Call us or a cancer centre or ask your doctor or nurse how you can get in touch with others your age. Hearing how others have dealt with this is huge. Not to mention hearing how others your age have tackled lymphoma head-on and won. Those are stories you need to hear. 2. There are lots of resources for you. Web sites, podcasts, books, blogs, the Lymphoma Patient Resource transmission and increasingly – resources that can provide you with the information you need right now and in the future. Most importantly, when you trammels out some of these sites, you will finger less alone, considering you will know that there are others who understand. They have gone through it, or have helped others through it, and they understand that young adults dealing with cancer have a whole variegated set of concerns. The sooner you understand how to largest navigate these concerns, the increasingly you will finger in tenancy of your situation. 3. Knowledge is power. The increasingly you know well-nigh lymphoma, including the treatment options, side effects, follow-up superintendency and particular information related to your specific type of lymphoma, the increasingly you can be an zippy participant in your care. This will help you make educated decisions and finger in control. This Web site contains a lot of detailed information on all of these topics. Be sure to trammels out the other sections to learn as much as you can. Where toUncorkThis Web site is an spanking-new starting point and a valuable resource. It is written in layperson’s terms and aims to empower lymphoma patients by offering the information required to tackle this cancer head-on. It will help you understand lymphoma in unstipulated and distinguishes between the variegated kinds of lymphoma – both Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphomas – breaking them lanugo into simple terms. There are moreover sections outlining treatments and side effects. Many diagrams and visual aids make the information easy to understand. This Web site aims to empower all people who are dealing with lymphoma through information as well as resources. As such, there are sections of the Web site specifically devoted to patient empowerment and patient resources. TakeSuperintendencyof Yourself First and foremost, take superintendency of yourself. See your doctor, show up for all your appointments and treatments, alimony track of the healthcare you receive, eat well and stay zippy if you can. Take on the responsibility of getting yourself well with all you’ve got. Take tenancy of your health. You didn’t count on this, and no – it isn’t pearly (not at all). But it’s here and it’s real and you’ve got to hit it full force. Know the Issues Read up on what the main issues and concerns are for people your age who are dealing with lymphoma. It may be worthwhile to get a sense of these issues from the outset, so that they don’t throw you for a loop lanugo the road. Once you have a sense of this, you can seek out resources that will help you mitigate them should they come up. Lymphoma Canada can help you determine some of these issues or discuss the weightier next steps to take. You may uncork by reading the pursuit list of key issues and concerns facing young adults with lymphoma, including a unenduring subtitle of each. Also, a list of resources follows and can be used to help you understand these topics. Key Issues for Young Adults Independence At a time in your life when you are rhadamanthine self-sustaining of family and may be living yonder from home (e.g., at university, working yonder from home, etc.), you may now need to consider moving when home as you may then need the support (physical, emotional and financial) of your parents. Disclosure Deciding if and when to waif the “c-bomb” to friends and coworkers can be difficult. Once people know, it may transpiration things, and it is important to try to maintain some sense of normalcy in your life. However, having tropical friends to lean on during this time can trump the need for privacy and/or normalcy. Telling your superabound and/or coworkers can moreover be problematic, as you do not want your illness to stupefy how you are perceived in the workplace and do not want to put your career and/or healthcare benefits in any kind of jeopardy. Isolation It may be nonflexible to relate to friends as their problems now seem so small in comparison to your fight with cancer. It may be nonflexible to know who to talk to or count on. People may act differently toward you once they know. Relationships Relationships on all levels – family, friends, partners, dating – can wilt increasingly complicated when you have cancer. However, maintaining important relationships in your life are hair-trigger to your well-being and recovery. Let people know how they can be a part of your life and how they can help you – they may not know. It may take time to find a new wastefulness in these relationships, but working at them is an important process to tackle. You need people now increasingly than overly – alimony loved ones close.VisitationYour visitation may transpiration as you deal with cancer and cancer treatment. Your weight may change, chemotherapy could rationalization you to lose your hair. It is not vain to be concerned well-nigh these things. Employment and Long-termPowerlessnessCoveragePowerlessnessinsurance can replace a portion of your salary during periods when you are sick and not worldly-wise to work. However, this can be a problem if you have only been working at your job for a short period of time, as powerlessness benefits take time to kick in. Inexperience with Making Major Medical Decisions Having to make hair-trigger decisions regarding the undertow of your treatment can be overwhelming. Signing consent forms with scary side effects can seem daunting. Life-cycle Interruption You envisioned how your life was going to unfold and it did not include a wrestle with cancer. You may finger as though your life goals have been hijacked and are stuff held hostage by this diagnosis. Trying to alimony up with studying, working, social life and relationships can wilt challenging when you are dealing with cancer and related treatments. Modifying your life to unbend this new goal (treating your cancer and working toward recovery) is important and can make the process increasingly manageable. Fertility Cancer treatments can stupefy your worthiness to have children. While this may not be something you were ready to think about, it may be important to consider saving your sperm or eggs now so they can be used later in life to woolgather a child. Fear of Dying It is inevitable that with a diagnosis of cancer comes the fear of dying. It may seem unbelievable that you have to consider death at this point of your life and obviously the possibility is very frightening. It is important to know that every cancer diagnosis is different, and there are unchangingly reasons to be hopeful. Not all cancer patients die. Survivorship While cancer is a definite hardship, it brings with it many opportunities for refocusing your life and bringing well-nigh positive change. Learning to embrace a new “normal” is a process that requires patience and awareness. When Treatment is Over Ensure that you protract with your medical superintendency once your cancer treatments are completed. This ways keeping in contact with your medical team and peekaboo your follow-up visits – this is crucial to your recovery and long-term survival. People in your age group have a tendency to wilt lax with their follow-up care, which can have detrimental effects. Again, be responsible well-nigh getting yourself well and staying well with all you’ve got. Be proactive and get checked out regularly. Resources for Young Adults with Cancer Lymphoma Canada: Contains lymphoma-specific information including preliminaries on lymphoma, treatment and side effects, resources and support, as well as information for newly diagnosed patients. Lymphoma Association in the UK: This link is to their Living with Lymphoma section, from which you can download documents on various aspects relevant to lymphoma patients (not specific to young adults). Lymphoma Research Foundation: Features Web casts and podcasts on relevant topics including lymphoma-specific issues (e.g., indolent lymphoma, watch and wait), as well as increasingly unstipulated issues for young adults with cancer, resources and support contacts. The resource list is a unconfined list of on-line resources for young adults with cancer (US information). Young Adult Cancer Canada: A young adults Canadian site with very poignant YouTube videos featuring young cancer patients who are dealing with relevant issues. They moreover run cancer retreats for young adults. Lance Armstrong Foundation: This link is to the Livestrong Podcast Series for Young Adults with Cancer.Spanking-newpodcasts on various topics – many of those mentioned whilom – featuring young cancer patients (US information). CancerCare: The Young Adult Program contains a link to useful information on counselling, support groups and podcasts, and offers downloadable publications including fact sheets on various topics (US information). Leukaemia Foundation of Australia: Contains useful information on counselling and support groups, as well as podcasts and downloadable publications (i.e., fact sheets on various topics.). Leukaemia Foundation of Australia – Young Adult Program Lymphoma Patient ExperienceTakingTenancyYoung Adults Coping with Cancer Caregivers Overview CLL & SLL Hodgkin Lymphoma Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Are you a patient? Get Informed Are you a healthcare professional? 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