{"id":1901,"date":"2015-04-13T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2015-04-09T14:56:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T19:56:22","slug":"twist-out-cancer-allows-cancer-patients-to-share-their-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/13\/twist-out-cancer-allows-cancer-patients-to-share-their-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Twist Out Cancer Allows Cancer Patients to Share Their Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sharing Their Stories<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a cancer patient<\/a>, it can be easy to feel isolated and alone as you fight the illness. Community support can relieve your loneliness and provide inspiration from the encouragement of others. A young woman’s refusal to be\u00a0marginalized led to the creation of Twist Out Cancer<\/a>, an online social network allowing members to form positive connections.<\/p>\n

One woman’s story<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jenna Benn Shersher was a 29-year-old woman dealing\u00a0with a rare form of lymphoma that affects fewer than 300 people in the United States. Although her compromised immune system kept her isolated, she decided to proactively reach out for companionship.<\/p>\n

Since treatment prevented her from enjoying her favorite pastime of dancing, Jenna posted a video of herself twisting in her room to Chubby Checker songs. She invited viewers to join her on the “dance floor,” and it took only days to receive responses from thousands of people, many of whom shared\u00a0their own dance videos.<\/p>\n

Giving back to the community<\/strong><\/p>\n

After completing treatment, Jenna wanted to use her experience to benefit other cancer patients seeking companionship<\/a>. Twist Out Cancer is a website devoted to creating bonds through the sharing of thoughts, stories and experiences.<\/p>\n

Anyone touched by cancer is encouraged to create their own page highlighting the personal “twist” they use to cope with the disease. One young woman recently issued a challenge to others to “Kiss Away Cancer” by posting selfies of their smooches with family, friends or even passers-by.<\/p>\n

At Issels\u00ae we look beyond cancer to see the unique individual that you are. Our treatments are personalized to meet your particular needs. Visit our website<\/a> to learn more about our non-toxic immunotherapy methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a cancer patient, it can be easy to feel isolated and alone as you fight the illness. Community support can relieve your loneliness and provide inspiration from the encouragement of others. A young woman’s refusal to be\u00a0marginalized led to the creation of Twist Out Cancer, an online social network allowing members to form positive … Continue reading Twist Out Cancer Allows Cancer Patients to Share Their Stories<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,202,231],"tags":[254,416,317],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-after-cancer","category-alternative-cancer-treatment","category-cancer-survivors","tag-cancer-awareness","tag-cancer-survivors","tag-surviving-cancer"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1903,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issels.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}