We Get It: Life after cancer with Kayla Tremblett (season 3, episode 5)

<p>A familiar face joins the We Get It program this week as Kayla Tremblett joins Alex to discuss her introduction to YACC and how she quickly stepped into a leadership volunteer role after taking so much away from the inclusive programming. The two also touch on their Localife experiences and how cancer played a role in Kayla’s entrepreneur ventures!</p> <p>-LINKS-</p> <p><a href= "https://www.youngadultcancer.ca/program/localife/">Localife</a></p> <p><a href="https://simpleritualcandles.ca/">Simple Ritual Candles</a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.thisinfernalracket.com/2020/03/my-real-cancer-story-no-bullshit.html?m=1"> This Infernal Racket</a></p> <p>—</p> <p>Kayla identifies as an Estonian-Canadian pansexual female, currently in a relationship. “I like to tell people I was in my prime before cancer. I was energetic, busy and happy but definitely naive. I was active, loved nutrition and fitness, very social and really was just living life.”</p> <p>When Kayla was diagnosed and faced a two-and-a-half year treatment protocol as well as years of recovery, she felt alone, lost, and disconnected. “It was not until 2017, about one-and-a-half years after I had finished my treatment that I finally was able to start my healing process. I really struggled with PTSD, depression and anxiety in the first four years of my recovery. I still struggle but I now have a strong sense of myself, who and what is important in life. I am still working on myself, and working through my emotions from cancer, but I am a better person than I ever was, and I take every day as a gift.”</p> <p>You can <a href= "https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkhIiBHGuH59wu4EifSpH6GNZDGPeXGQx">check out all of the videos on YouTube</a> or <a href= "https://www.youngadultcancer.ca/tag/we-get-it-web-series/">website!</a></p> <p>Thank you to our partners at CIBC for making this web series possible!</p>