F-U Cancer

F-U Cancer is a digital support platform designed for people living with cancer and those who care for them.

It brings trusted guidance on nutrition, movement, mental and emotional wellbeing, and symptom tracking together in one easy-to-use place.

10/26/2026

Cancer awareness often asks us to recognize the signs, understand risk, and get screened. Those conversations matter. But there is another kind of awareness worth cultivating: Awareness of what it is actually like to live through cancer. The fatigue that doesn't always go away. The anxiety before and after a scan. The difficulty eating or sleeping. The impact treatment can have on work, relationships, finances, mobility and identity. The uncertainty that can continue long after an appointment ends. Supportive care helps bring these experiences into the conversation and makes space for care that addresses the whole person, not just the disease. Let's move beyond awareness alone and toward understanding, connection, and meaningful support.

10/23/2026

🎙️ New on the F-U Cancer Podcast: Living Well Through Cancer: The Power of Palliative Care
Palliative care is often misunderstood, but it's about so much more than end-of-life care. It's about helping people live as well as possible throughout their cancer journey.
Join host Juliette Jorgenson and Katie Patterson, NP, as they explore the important role of palliative care in cancer treatment, including symptom management, quality of life, and support for patients and their families. Discover how integrating palliative care alongside cancer treatment can help address physical, emotional, and supportive care needs.
💜 Because cancer care isn't just about treating the disease. It's about caring for the whole person.
Tune in to the F-U Cancer Podcast!

10/19/2026

Cancer doesn't always fit neatly into a beginning, middle and end. For some people, cancer becomes part of a long-term journey that includes treatment, uncertainty, changing symptoms, and adjusting to a new normal. Supportive care has an important role throughout that journey. It's about helping people manage symptoms and side effects, preserve function and quality of life, navigate emotional challenges, and make informed choices that reflect what matters most to them. And importantly, supportive care isn't synonymous with giving up treatment. It can and needs to be integrated alongside cancer-directed treatment at any stage. This October, let's make room for conversations about not only treating cancer, but also supporting people living with cancer. This is what we’re building with our RiseStrong platform.

10/16/2026

💗 Course Highlight: Nutrition for Breast Cancer

Nutrition questions can feel especially overwhelming after a breast cancer diagnosis. What should you eat? Does soy belong on your plate? What about supplements, protein, or maintaining a healthy weight during and after treatment?

Our Nutrition for Breast Cancer course helps cut through the noise with evidence-based, practical guidance designed specifically for people navigating breast cancer. Learn how nutrition can support overall health throughout treatment and survivorship without restrictive diets, fear around food, or chasing the latest wellness trend.

At F-U Cancer, we believe patients deserve nutrition information that is clear, credible, and actually useful in real life.

10/12/2026

Cancer doesn’t just happen to one person. And neither does the weight of it. Behind every diagnosis, there are often people showing up day after day, driving to appointments, managing medications, coordinating care, preparing meals, answering the phone at 2 a.m. and trying to stay strong when they’re scared, too.

At F-U Cancer, we believe those caregivers deserve to be seen, supported, and cared for. That’s why we’re working to make cancer support about the whole person and the people walking alongside them. We’re focused on helping ease some of the emotional, practical, and everyday burdens that come with cancer by connecting people with support, resources, community, and a place where they don’t have to pretend everything is okay.

This October, we’re expanding the cancer conversation beyond the diagnosis. We’re talking about the whole experience and making sure no one feels like they have to navigate it alone.

10/09/2026

🍠 October Recipe of the Month: Loaded Harvest Sweet Potatoes

Sweet, savory and a little crunchy.
Roast 2 medium sweet potatoes at 425°F until soft. Brown 8 oz ground chicken or turkey with garlic, sage, smoked paprika, salt and pepper, then stir in 2 cups chopped spinach. Split open the potatoes, pile on the filling and finish with feta, chopped pecans and dried cranberries. For the best part, drizzle with a quick maple Dijon made with 1 tbsp Dijon, 2 tsp maple syrup and a splash of apple c***r vinegar.

You’re getting protein from the chicken and feta, fiber and carotenoids from the sweet potatoes, leafy greens, healthy fats from the pecans and plenty of fall flavor. It’s cozy, easy to customize and proof that supportive nutrition during cancer care can still be food you’re genuinely excited to eat. 💜

10/05/2026

Cancer awareness should include the whole person. Supportive cancer care belongs in the conversation, too. This October, we’re looking beyond screening, diagnosis, and treatment to the everyday realities of living with cancer. At F-U Cancer, we believe supportive care should be part of cancer care from diagnosis through survivorship. Not something patients and caregivers have to search for when they’re already overwhelmed. That’s why we offer a digital supportive oncology platform that brings expert-informed resources and education into everyday life, with a focus on:

• Cancer nutrition support
• Physical activity and cancer rehabilitation
• Mental and emotional well-being
• Symptom tracking and management
• Caregiver support

Cancer care isn’t one-size-fits-all. Supportive care shouldn’t be either. Because treating cancer and caring for the person living with it should go hand in hand. This October, let’s make space for the whole person.

What would more accessible supportive cancer care look like for your community?

10/02/2026

💜 Meet the Experts: Shelby Yaceczko

Meet Shelby Yaceczko, DCN, RDN-AP, CNSC, founder of F-U Cancer and an advocate for integrating nutrition, physical activity, and supportive care throughout the cancer experience. Her work is focused on building a bridge between patients and the expert support they deserve, helping make cancer care feel less fragmented and more connected.
A message she shares with newly diagnosed patients: you don’t have to navigate cancer alone. Through our RiseStrong Platform, Shelby is helping build a community where patients and caregivers can access evidence-based education, practical resources for symptom management, and real-time support throughout the cancer journey.

09/28/2026

A cancer diagnosis changes more than the body. It changes the mind, emotions, relationships, and sense of self. The uncertainty, fear, stress and emotional weight that accompany cancer can be just as challenging as the physical side effects of treatment. That's why supportive cancer care must include mental health and mindfulness as essential components of the healing journey.

Mindfulness isn't about pretending everything is okay. It's about creating space to breathe, process difficult emotions, reduce stress, and stay grounded through moments of uncertainty. Whether it's meditation, deep breathing, journaling, gentle movement, or simply being present, these practices can help patients and caregivers navigate the emotional impact of cancer with greater resilience.

At F-U Cancer, we believe caring for the whole person means recognizing that emotional well-being is just as important as physical health. Healing isn't only measured by scans and lab results. It's also found in hope, connection, resilience, and the support we provide one another along the way.

09/25/2026

🎙️ This September, the F-U Cancer Podcast, hosted by Juliette Jorgenson, brings together two powerful perspectives on cancer advocacy and life beyond treatment. Pink Aware: Empowering the Next Generation to Turn Awareness Into Action features Aadhya Mamillapalli in a conversation about transforming cancer awareness into meaningful action and empowering the next generation to make an impact.
Then, Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Your Health After Cancer features F-U Cancer Patient Champion Brian Gutierrez, sharing a patient perspective on survivorship and navigating health and life after cancer treatment. Follow the F-U Cancer Podcast and join us for conversations that extend beyond diagnosis and treatment. 💜

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