Young Adult Groups/Resources:
i2y – Syracuse Meetup Group
i2y – Rochester Meetup Group
i2y – Global Facebook
Check out the “Get Help Now” page on i2y
Planet Cancer – Web Site
Planet Cancer – Facebook.
Young Adult Cancer Bill of Rights (70K) – Go Sign the Petition….seriously….go NOW! Then come back. 
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March 5, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Hello, my wife and I have been getting involved with this national support group which has been very effective in our support. I am actually a cancer survivor (so far) and this group helped keep my wife sane through the toughest period last year. I am just beyond your young-adult range (at 46) but we have really developed a heart for parents with children and dealing with chronic illness. (We have a number of children, with two being in elementary age or below.) The WellSpouse group is specifically targeted at support for the partners (of whatever sort) of chronically ill people — an often overlooked casualty of cancer, ms, etc. Please consider this as a link. We can provide more information (especially my spouse at jill@emmelhainz.net).
March 18, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Thanks for the post Randy! I have heard about this group before and it sounds worthwhile. I will add the link. – Dan
April 15, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Our foundation, Cameron Siemers Foundation for Hope offers Life Grants to Young Adult survivors of life threatening illnesses. We are trying to get the word out to young adults that may benefit from such a grant. If you think this may be a relevant link to add to your website, that would be wonderful. Thank you. Yvonne yha2001@gmail.com.
April 15, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Thanks Yvonne, I will be updating. – Dan
April 22, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Hello! What does OMG stand for? Please reply. Thanks!
April 23, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Hi Linda.
Well, in popular culture OMG stands for “Oh My God” and is commonly used as short hand in instant and text messages to express shock or surprise. In our case we are using it to mean either “Oh My God” or “Oh My Goodness” depending on your particular leaning. Either way you use it we intend it to stress the fact that we finally have a conference specifically for young adult cancer survivors. It’s all about us and our special needs so we figured why not keep it young, like us. We are an under represented survivor group and we’re not going to take it any more. We are here and we plan on taking things into our own hands to help improve our care, lives, and survivorship rates even if no one else does.
Hope that helps!
Dan