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More Than Medicine 系列专栏之一

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。

A More Than Medicine Installment

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.

A More Than Medicine Installment

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.

A More Than Medicine Installment

Forty years ago, when Ukandu was conceived, the average five-year relative survival rate for a child diagnosed with cancer was around 58%. Today, that rate has risen to approximately 85%. This is a testament to decades of advances in treatment and supportive care. In the United States alone, more than half a million people are living as childhood cancer survivors, and that number continues to grow each year. 

And yet, even as survival rates improve, the journey does not end at remission.

We’re proud to introduce More Than Medicine, a blog series created and curated by our Clinical Director, Dr. Joel Lampert, PsyD. This series reflects the heart of our work and a simple truth we see every day: healing from childhood cancer takes more than medical treatment alone. It requires community, support, and moments of joy. Because medicine treats cancer. But healing takes more than medicine.

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2026年标志着Ukandu成立40周年。同时，这也将标志着Ukandu项目最大的扩展，随着The Ukandu Loft的开幕，它将成为Ukandu的总部和受童年癌症影响的家庭的热烈欢迎中心。

Carrot Top 在 2015 年首次以营员身份参与。她年纪大了后不久就开始做志愿者。我们非常感谢她成为我们志愿者家族的一部分！

今年 Wine & Dine 的赞助商之一是 Bridgetown Veterinary Emergency + Referral，由 Ukandu 母亲 Lisa Mahlum 博士共同拥有和运营！继续阅读以了解有关 BVER 和 Lisa 对 Ukandu 的参与的更多信息。