By Judi Wallace For many of us, this is a time of year when we write Christmas letters and reflect on what has happened over the past... MORE…
Last night our Balancing Life After Cancer group met at Inspire Health on the 2nd floor of the Town Centre Mall. I feel Kelowna is very lucky to have... MORE…
When I was studying happiness and spirituality at UBCO, we had a “happy lab” where once a week we met to discuss the current research in... MORE…
Our passports expired this past September. Because this is a photo that will stay with me for the next five years, I told my husband I wanted to wait... MORE…
By Judi Wallace The first time I was diagnosed with cancer, I had a dream or a startling realization. My husband and I had just returned... MORE…
By Judi Wallace The Patient and Family Counselling department at the BC Cancer Agency Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins Centre for the Southern Interior offers... MORE…
Written by Judi Wallace The Canadian Cancer Society has a peer-led support program called CancerConnections. Cancer patients can be matched... MORE…
WHY VOLUNTEER? After a career in healthcare which began in 1970 as a clinical assistant in a primary care office, took me through being certified as an ophthalmological... MORE…
Warning: I need to rant! We constantly hear that cancer does not discriminate. Yet I have been told on more than one occasion that I... MORE…
Life Goes On In 2009, I was lucky enough to meet Marie, a Terry’s Team member, at the Terry Fox run in Kelowna. Marie is someone who inspires those around... MORE…
It was almost September. I could feel the cool air arriving as the flocks of geese were heading south. I love Armstrong’s IPE so much so that I took the... MORE…
As a cancer patient, the first check up after finishing treatment can cause a little anxiety. I had my first 6-month check up after my surgery last... MORE…
Being affected by cancer doesn't mean that you have had chemo and radiation. It doesn't even mean that you spent weeks in the hospital staring at monitors... MORE…
For me, my quiet place has always been the ocean. I use the sound of the waves crashing, the smell of the salt water, and the feel of the sand under my feet as... MORE…
Sindi Hawkins’ Legacy Lives On at the 2012 BC Cancer Foundation Golf Classic Throughout her political career, B.C. MLA Sindi Ahluwalia Hawkins was known... MORE…
I have always known I was lucky and my family’s actions constantly remind me just how lucky I am. This past weekend reconfirmed my belief that, “I’m... MORE…
I think most people have at least a few moments of disbelief after hearing a doctor say, "I’m very sorry to tell you that you have cancer." On... MORE…
Judi Wallace was diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2008 and was re-diagnosed in 2012. Now through her second round of chemotherapy, she shares another part of her... MORE…
34 was a bad age for us. In the fall of 2004, my husband Shane, was diagnosed with testicular cancer (age 34). With Shane’s diagnosis, we quickly learned... MORE…
