I'm Too Young For This! : A Place For Young Adults Affected By Cancer

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YOUNG ADULT CANCER COMMUNITY

Welcome to the I'm Too Young For This! global support community of young adults affected by cancer. Where isolation is yesterday's news, remission is not a cure and survivorship is all that matters.

FACTS

1 in 10 cancer survivors is under 40.
There are over 10,000,000 survivors living in the US.
That's over 1,000,000 young adult survivors.

This includes nearly 350,000 long-term childhood cancer survivors. Furthermore, if you factor in boomers and seniors who were originally diagnosed under 40, it's about 3M people.

But wait! There's more! Survivorship is not just about the patient! Caregivers matter, too! So, if you now account for young adult spouses, siblings, children and parents, we're pretty much talking eight figures of people (>10,000,000). And that's nothing to shy at.

Yes, it sucks but at least you're not alone. So, welcome to the club no one wants to belong to. You might as well make the most of it and get busy living by diving in head first. Stupid cancer.

Oh, so the next time your hospital tells you "Our support groups are for adults." or when the little old ladies in the chemo infusion say "You poor thing.", or when a random friend asks, "What no kids yet? What are you waiting for?" or when someone on the street shouts out "Nice Hair!", for the first time in history, someone's got your back. We do.

Stupid Cancer Happy Hour

GET CONNECTED

• community home
• support channels
• get help now
• find local chapters
• young adult leadership council
• volunteer opportunities
– stupid cancer happy hour

SOCIAL MEDIA

• stupid cancer radio
• stupid cancer TV
• the stupid cancer blog
• i[2]y online – go guerilla

MUSIC & ART

• music home
• music projects
– i[2]y Volume One
– i[2]y Volume Two
– Both Sides of The Coin
• arts programming
– cancertainers
– cancerpalooza
• 'art of survivorship' coalition
– charter members

Feeling isolated? The channels below will connect you with hundreds of age-appropriate resources and open the door to socially network with countless thousands of young adult survivors and caregivers.

• young adult organizations
• scholarships and financial aid
• online forums and chat rooms
• excursions and retreats
• web2.0 social networks
• young adult blogosphere
• coping literature
• books, mags, films and media
• advocacy tools
• cancer creative