Throughout Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re sharing stories about what childhood cancer asks of children and families—not only during treatment, but long after it ends.

This week, we turn to what comes after treatment—and why the word “survivor”, while worthy of celebration, doesn’t always tell the whole story.

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对于受儿童癌症或其他严重疾病影响的家庭来说,“开学”可能意味着完全不同的事情。学校可能已经不再是原来的样子。对于受儿童癌症或其他严重疾病影响的家庭来说,“开学”可能意味着完全不同的事情。学校可能已经不再是原来的样子。

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For families affected by childhood cancer or another serious medical condition, "back to school" can mean something entirely different. School may not look the way it once did. For families affected by childhood cancer or another serious medical condition, "back to school" can mean something entirely different. School may not look the way it once did.

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这是我第一次参加 Ukandu Family Camp。

几个月来,我一直听人们谈论它,带着一种难以言喻的敬意。家庭们倒数着离营地开始的日子。志愿者们提起它时总是面带微笑。同事们只是说:“等你到了那里就会明白。”

他们说得没错。

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六月是全美男性心理健康月。

和许多男性一样,我很擅长说服自己,事情可以再等等。一个挥之不去的症状?大概没什么事。压力越积越多?以后再处理。哪里感觉不太对劲?那就再观察几周,看看会怎样。

如果这听起来很熟悉,你并不孤单。

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在 Camp Ukandu,会发生一些非同寻常的事。

在这特别的一周里,在这个非常特别的地方,把大家聚在一起的那些事(诊断、治疗、失去、检查、伤疤)都可以暂时得到休息。

人们只是单纯地彼此以人相待。

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最近,我花时间和几位了不起的 Ukandu 志愿者聊了聊哀伤、失去,以及我们社群里那么多家庭所承受的种种经历。谈话结束很久之后,我发现自己仍然在不断思考哀伤这件事。不只是死亡之后的哀伤,还有那些更安静的哀伤形式,是许多与重病共同生活的家庭,几乎每天都在承受的。

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I’ve worked in mental health in some capacity for more than 20 years now. Different settings. Different communities. Different ages and populations. Hospitals, schools, nonprofits, clinics, camps, crisis moments, ordinary moments. And through all of it, one thing has remained true: people need each other.

Not perfectly. Not with the right words all the time. But consistently, honestly, and humanly.

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There are moments in healthcare that change the way you understand the world, not just as a clinician, but as a person. But for many families, that understanding does not begin in a hospital or a training program. It begins in the quiet, disorienting space where life first shifts: when something feels wrong, when answers are not yet clear, when uncertainty settles into everyday routines.