“You know, cancer is actually really fun if you don’t have to take all the medicine.” When 8-year-old Mia Lee said these words to her mom, Nar, it caught her off guard. After Mia’s three years of fighting cancer, of chemotherapy, allergic reactions, radiation therapy, and seemingly endless days at the hospital, that’s not what Nar expected to hear. But she knew exactly what Mia meant. “Now when she thinks of her cancer journey, she thinks of her team,” Nar said. “She’s not able to differentiate between the two. All she knows is she has all these amazing memories and opportunities that overshadowed the bad memories.” While undergoing cancer treatment, Mia was connected to Tufts University field hockey through Mia was connected with Team IMPACT, Inc., a program that matches children with serious illness and disability with college athletic teams. “For parents and their kids with a serious diagnosis, what underlies their lives is a fear of their child feeling they are different,” said Joe Daniels, CEO of Team IMPACT. “They love knowing their kid is being embraced by a team and feel they belong somewhere. They see it in their child's face. It's been the most beautiful part of my experience.” Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_aGX9kx
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Thanks for sharing your story and insights Haley. Whether we work with families facing cancer or have friends and family trying to navigate a diagnosis, we can all benefit from these tips.
There is no roadmap for parenting with cancer. It can feel daunting at best to navigate everything that comes alongside a cancer diagnosis (i.e. never ending doctor's appointments, calls to insurance, blood draws, extra financial stress, treatment side effects, second opinions, travel to clinics... and more, you get it) all while when also trying to parent little kids. Parent's plates are already so full; cancer can make it overflow. I hope that these tips are helpful for those newly diagnosed or for those in the thick of it. Thank you to the Patient Empowerment Network for lifting up the experience of parents with cancer and letting me share a little of my story.
Tips for Parenting with Cancer - Patient Empowerment Network
https://powerfulpatients.org
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