The Truth Of It Video Series: Laurie

Watch as Laurie talks about being diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer at the age of 28. She discusses what it’s like being diagnosed with cancer as a young adult, how cancer affected her ability to have children, and how it gave her short-term memory loss from “chemo brain.” She shares the importance of humour and being your own advocate.
This is part of a series of unscripted videos called the ‘The Truth of It.’ Learn about patients’ and caregivers’ unique experiences as well as their common threads of emotions, coping and perspective: www.partnershi...
Note the interviewees express their own opinions, and not necessarily those of the Partnership.