Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog

Young survivors who’ve banded together share their stories – So what does a group of young cancer survivors look like?That’s what’s going through my mind as I stand inside the entrance to Clover Lanes on Monroe Avenue. I’m there to meet the members of Rochester Young Adult Survivors of Cancer. The group is a local chapter of the New York City-based foundation I’m Too Young For This, a national support group for cancer survivors under 40.Ignorantly, I find myself looking for a group of people with physical characteristics that would somehow distinguish them from the hundreds of others in the crowded bowling alley. Then, from behind me, I hear a voice: “Are you Troy?”I turn and see a young woman with a slice of pizza and a beautiful smile.This is Leah Shearer, leader of Rochester Young Adult Survivors of Cancer. Behind her is a group of other young cancer survivors and their families and friends — all eating pizza, drinking soda and bowling. I shake hands with every member of this welcoming bunch. But the person I am most interested in talking to, the one with whom I’ve been exchanging e-mails for weeks, is Shearer.She’s the reason we’re all here on this particular night.Last November, Shearer — who has been treated for two forms of cancer — started Rochester Young Adult Survivors. Her inspiration was a phone conversation last year with the founder of I’m Too Young For This, Matthew Zachary.
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