Impact Young Heroes aims to make a big difference to the lives of young people living with cancer.
We provide tailor-made support, accommodation, respite breaks and also raise public awareness of the challenges faced by courageous young people with cancer.
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JUL
Katies Corner July 2010
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Through my treatment there were a lot of tough times, but also some good ones too, this is thanks to charities like Impact Young Heroes who support young people with cancer and people like you who fundraise and donate to make a BIG difference to help young people with cancer enjoy their good days through very difficult treatment regimes. In this month’s Katie’s corner I would like to share a few of my photo memories with you.
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11th
JUN
Katies Corner June 2010
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Summer is here at last
Three quick and easy puddings!
In preparation for my Dad’s special birthday next month me and my Mum have hunted out our favourite recipes for the family barbecue.
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18th
MAY
Katie’s Corner May 2010
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Impact Young Heroes has been a constant support for me, my Mum and Dad for the past two years. We wanted to help them raise funds to support other young people with cancer, and decided we would hold an event at some point.
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APR
Katie’s Corner April 2010: Easter Special
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On the 5th February 2007 at 9am my life changed forever. For a few years now I had been working as a care assistant, more recently caring for clients in their own homes, which I loved and I was living independently.
I had been having pain in my knee for four to five years and after visiting various GP’s and Physiotherapists I had been led to believe that this pain was ‘normal’, nothing to worry about and to go home and do my knee exercises. Getting diagnosed with Bone Cancer at 21 was a massive shock for me and my family, but also in a strange way a relief to finally know why I was in pain and hopefully eventually a way to eliminate the pain.
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MAR
Katie’s Corner March 2010
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Most people (including me before chemotherapy) assume chemotherapy means losing your hair and feeling sick, how totally wrong could I be!
Not only did I lose my hair, feel sick and put on about 5 stone I also encountered symptoms that a 22 year old would have nightmares about;
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18th
JAN
Katie’s Corner January 2010
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Welcome to Januarys Katie’s Corner, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and not struggled too much in the snow we have had for the past month! This month I have a few hints and tips that I learnt from my experience and others whilst receiving chemotherapy.
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- Birmingham – Children's Hospital
- Cheshire – Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
- Impact Living
- Leeds – St James Hospital
- Manchester – The Christie Hospital
- Newcastle – Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Sheffield – Western Park Hospital
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- We would like to thank everyone who did the sky dive for young heroes. videos of the day can be found here http://tinyurl.com/ybua3bu 2009-10-02
- #FollowFriday recommendation @impactliving great tweeter 2009-09-25
- #youngheroes would like to thank andy and james olsen for their fundraising effoers read more here http://tinyurl.com/ycurgll 2009-09-25
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