S2EP10: Meet Your Canadian Breast Cancer Friend, Elly (Stage 4 Breast Cancer)

Too Young For This Shit | AYA Breast Cancer Podcast

Meet Elly Blackhart. She was a 2x cancer survivor living in Ontario, Canada. After finishing her cancer treatments in 2019, she found post-cancer difficult with increased pain, brain fog, and difficulty in daily activities. Her cancer came back in 2021, and she was diagnosed with Stage IV breast cancer. In this episode, Elly shares her cancer journey and the helpful practices that she feels have contributed to her being in remission.

We recently found that Elly passed away in September 2022. We are airing this episode in remembrance of her and to share her story. Rest in Power Elly.

In honor of her memory, her friends and family would like donations to be made to the Ottawa Hospital Breast Cancer Centre or to the Red Cross to help the people of Ukraine, which are linked below.

• https://secure3.convio.net/otthf/site/Donation2?df_id=1541&1541.donation=form1&mfc_pref=T&s_locale=en_CA

• https://donate.redcrossredcrescent.org/ua/donate/~my-donation

Resources:

• https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2014/10/stage-4-metastatic-misunderstood-breast-cancer.html

• https://www.pennmedicine.org/cancer/types-of-cancer/breast-cancer/types-of-breast-cancer/metastatic-breast-cancer

• https://www.metavivor.org/ (100% of every donation and 100% of proceeds goes into research grants.)

• https://medical.rossu.edu/about/blog/us-vs-canadian-healthcare

• https://cancer.ca/en/get-involved/advocacy/what-we-are-doing/health-system-funding

• Canadian Breast Cancer Network - https://cbcn.ca/en/what-is-breast-cancer

• Breast Cancer Canada - https://breastcancerprogress.ca/

• Rethink Breast Cancer - a Canadian charity - https://rethinkbreastcancer.com/

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