Digital Issue: CANADA'S YOUNG SURVIVORS
Digital Download of the complete issue:
The CANADA Issue, Apr / May 2022, Vol 7, No 2, 105 pages
“In this, our first-ever Canada Issue you will read stories that are not that different than your typical WILDFIRE Magazine issue. We have all been diagnosed young with breast cancer. Some of us have been diagnosed with Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC). Some of us are mothers parenting with cancer. Some of us are looking for answers as to why cancer came so early in life. All of us are dealing with the aftermath of a breast cancer diagnosis. An international border separates us from our American counterparts, an ocean from our farther-flung compatriots, but many of the struggles of being diagnosed with breast cancer young are universal, regardless of where you are from. My hope for this issue is to introduce you to these fierce women and showcase their Canadian perspectives.” ~ Emily Piercell, guest editor.
Contents:
Regrowth a poem by Shandy Bearman | An Insider Goes Deeper(er) into the Canadian Healthcare System by Beth Ciavaglia | A Short History of My Breasts by Ann Cavlovic | Be Where Your Feet Are by Ashley Chessell | Finding My Footing One Year In by Kim Angell | I Remember a poem by Kate Ellis | Bindis & Bangles, Onions & Shame-ectomies by Vanessa L. D’Souza | Searching and Processing My Young Breast Cancer Why by Ashley Blair Doyle | My Inner Voice by Clare Li | Livin’ La Vida Limbo by Alison Gareh | Coming Home by Jessica Mills | Free Ride by Carla Millsap | A Single Parent Finding Hope, Will & Life by Adriana Capozzi | Dear Cancer a poem by Shirlee Law | A Tall Price to Pay by Margaret Loniewska | Midnight Phone Calls a poem by Sara Machnik | Broadcasting Live From the Valley of the Shadow of Death by Sarah Lowenberger | I Am Fire a poem by Sarah Padilla with artwork by Sharon Zehavi | A Mama & Her Son by Brooke Perry | Ocean by Leslie Rayment | Dear Me: Two Sides of Living With Cancer by Karla Stephens-Tolstoy | Montreal Winters by Chiara Riga
PLUS: Guest Editor’s Letter by Emily Piercell | Tell Your Story Writing Prompt by April Stearns
Big thanks to our Underwriters for their support of this issue! As We Are Now, Flat Closure NOW, The Breast Talk Ever Podcast, The Busted Tank, and The Tutu Project.
