Ed Yakacki has been through cancer three times – so he knows a thing or two about finding a way to heal. He was able to come out of his own dark place by becoming an advocate. He’s now able to help people who are struggling with a diagnosis the way he once was. A lot of that has to do with telling people it’s OK to feel their feelings.
“If you have to cry three, four times a day to help you get through to the finish line, don’t be ashamed of it,” Ed says. “Embrace it.”
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Ed Yakacki has been through cancer three times – so he knows a thing or two about finding a way to heal. He was able to come out of his own dark place by becoming an advocate. He’s now able to help people who are struggling with a diagnosis the way he once was. A lot of that has to do with telling people it’s OK to feel their feelings.
“If you have to cry three, four times a day to help you get through to the finish line, don’t be ashamed of it,” Ed says. “Embrace it.”
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Alcohol can actually affect the outcome of your colon cancer surgery, and there is some evidence that sugar can have an affect on cancer cells too. We asked top doctors to explain how.