Active Support Buddy

Active Support Buddy ASB is dedicated to pairing cancer patients during or post treatment with a volunteer walking buddy for one-on-one companionship and motivation.

When patients are diagnosed with a potentially life threatening disease or emotionally staggering condition, in addition to the medical treatment, their doctors will frequently recommend regular exercise. For many people, particularly those who don’t exercise regularly, this can seem daunting, if not impossible to take on. That’s where Active Support Buddy (ASB) can help. ASB will match patients w

ith a volunteer Buddy, who is typically someone who has experienced a similar illness, either as a patient or caregiver. What the Buddy does:

• Walks with the patient as often as their schedule permits (suggested frequency is once per week or more).

• Provides moral support to the patient during their treatment. Both patients and volunteers that have participated in this program have benefited from the exercise and companionship. We want to help so many more, but we can’t do it without your help. We need:

• Volunteers – it only will require a little bit of time, and the rewards are immeasurable.

• Patients – anyone who needs support through a difficult period (cancer, diabetes, heart disease, grief, to name a few).

• Sponsors – no amount is too small (or too large!). All donations are tax-deductible. Net proceeds will be donated to a charity related to the patient’s illness. If you know of a patient who would benefit from this program or would like to volunteer, please email us: [email protected].

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11/04/2024
10/10 on 10/10On October 10, 2024, I celebrated the 10th of 10 years cancer free: 10/10 on 10/10. I am officially consid...
10/16/2024

10/10 on 10/10

On October 10, 2024, I celebrated the 10th of 10 years cancer free: 10/10 on 10/10. I am officially considered "cured", which means that I can stop taking the medication that I've been taking the last 10 years. It means that after 10 years there is No Evidence of Disease - NED - and I am in complete remission. It doesn't mean that I can't get a new incident, so I should continue with the recommended lifestyle habits that I've been following: exercise, eat right, limit stress, etc. The trouble is that I always followed these recommendations (well, maybe not the stress), but I got cancer anyway. I feel a certain amount of frustration about this, particularly when some people remark that I must have "done something" to get cancer. No one deserves to get cancer - it's unfair and wrong that anyone, but especially young people, including children, get cancer. Sometimes bad things happen to good people, and it's simply not right. Some people, like me, are NED, but for others the cancer keeps returning. At times I feel no uncertain amount of survivor's guilt that I made it 10 years, yet other really good people, some of them close friends and family, did not. It's not "for the best" that good people die, nor is it fair, deserved, or "for a reason".

The most I can do as a survivor is to cherish each day, each moment, and to be the best that I can be to myself and others. Easier said than done, I know...it's a process called life, and I'm really glad to be alive.

Active Support Buddy Fall 2024 Newsletter - In this issue: Long-term Effects of Cancer; Infographic: Cancer Survivors in...
10/16/2024

Active Support Buddy Fall 2024 Newsletter - In this issue: Long-term Effects of Cancer; Infographic: Cancer Survivors in the US; Cancer-related Post-traumatic Stress and PTSD

08/10/2023

Thank you for all the wonderful birthday 🎂 wishes. I truly am grateful to celebrate another trip around the sun ☀️.

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