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CancerCanuck

My name is Jason Manuge. I'm an early onset Stage IV colorectal cancer survivor. You can find me on social as CancerCanuck!

Learning to live with chronic pain

Reaching toward the phone on my bedside table—a halfhearted effort to silence my alarm before it riles the cats further—I am reminded that today will be another spent in pain and discomfort.

Radiation in the mix

I was going to expound on how today’s oncology appointment was one of the most important of my journey so far, but I realized...

HAI, there.

The sound of the intercom broke the silence in an exam-room-turned-storage-closet at Sunnybrook’s Odette Cancer Centre. “Attention, please. Code brown. Flood. Clinic B. 105,”...

Stoicism, cancer, and happiness

Throughout my experience with cancer, which spans a decade to days gone by when my mother was staring down her disease, I've had to find ways to keep moving forward through some of the most difficult days of my life. The path is often challenging and surefootedness is never a guarantee. There are detours, unexpected water features, and shoe-sucking muck. It's never known what lies ahead, even if you're somewhere you've been before.

One night in cancerland

I can feel the cool breeze from the oscillating fan perched atop my dresser passing back and forth across my body. It feels as if I've stepped into a cool room after being outside on a hot day, the artificial wind kissing my damp skin. I'm having night sweats. Again.