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Next Gathering: Rethink Breast Cancer's Inaugural Ottawa Local Meet Up - Feb 22/26, 3-5 pm
Our Story
OMG formed in January 2015 after a group of young(ish) women with breast cancer met during Rethink Breast Cancer's Live Laugh Learn gatherings. When that program came to an end, these newfound friends decided to form a grassroots collective and organize gatherings on their own. TEN years later, the group has grown from a handful of members to a community of 100+ women and inspired similar gatherings in Canada.
Who Can Attend OMG Gatherings?
Anyone diagnosed with breast cancer from the Ottawa (and surrounding) area is welcome to join us. Whether you're newly diagnosed, beyond active treatment or living with metastatic cancer, we'd love to meet you!
Why We Gather
Ever looked around the Cancer Centre and locked eyes (and smiles!) with that one other person in the waiting room? For many of us, finding someone else who understand the chaos that a cancer diagnosis brings at our stage in life has been the single, greatest silver lining during a pretty dark time. From conversations about careers, changed family dynamics, childcare, dating, side effects, recurrences ... nothing is off the table for discussion! We lean on and celebrate each other, create lifelong friendships, and pay it forward by offering space to connect. Many members express relief in finding a community that understands our unique set of challenges. Simply put, we just get it.
Member Spotlight
These are some of the people that make up OMG (in alphabetical order, by first name). We are each unique, but share this one, common thread of being diagnosed with breast cancer in our 20s, 30s or 40s. We hope that reading the profiles below will help you know that you are not alone.
Diagnosed in 2011 with ER/PR negative, HER2+ breast cancer.
Diagnosed at age 35 year at 35 weeks pregnant with PR- ER+ HER2- invasive ductal carcinoma.
OMG Remembers Sam with Love Diagnosed with Stage 3 in 2014 (at only 24), Sam lived with Metastatic Breast Cancer from 2016 to 2021.
Hey OMGers! Your story matters! Do you want to be part of our Member Spotlight page? Please contact us and we'll get you all set up!
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