After cancer diagnosis, I was off work as my head wasn't ready to jump right back into analyzing genome DNA sequence data. After chemo and radiation and needing time to recover, I took on a number of activities...
In February, 2023, I nearly drowned!
www.westerlynews.ca/news/senior-saves-son-from-near-drowning-during-family-day-surf-trip-in-tofino
The video I made in 2015 for a Molson Canadian hockey contest of our "Miracle on Ice" championship win in March, 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVnzY0Lj5Ug
The game on the evening of Feb 21, 2004, the last game of the season when I scored 5 goals . One and a half days later, I collapsed.
The scoresheet
Our hockey team, the Sasquatch, won our second championship in 2006.
http://www3.telus.net/yaron/Sasquatch/
In 2009, myself and a fellow GBM survivor created the Brainiacs for the inaugural Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Promo Poster
Brainiacs fundraising dollars for cancer research.
CTV News 2013
For a number of years, I coordinated the Vancouver Spring Sprint and created a video (2012) for Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.
http://ybweb.bcgsc.ca/video/MySpringSprint/MySpringSprint.mp4
Rubik's Thriller! A video I made when I was bored. This was one of the first things I did after diagnosis—learn something new and train the brain and memory by testing myself every month to make sure I can still do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqqDvJsOitY
Art site - doing art has been meditative and healing for me over the years.
http://yaronart.weebly.com/
...and being in nature is also very healing--one of my favourite places to hike, 6-8 hrs from Mt Seymour in North Vancouver.
http://www3.telus.net/yaron/Elsay06/
Videos I created interviewing patient's experience dealing with brain cancer used in BC Cancer's Brain Information Days.
2014 Info Day
2016 Info Day
In February, 2023, I nearly drowned!
www.westerlynews.ca/news/senior-saves-son-from-near-drowning-during-family-day-surf-trip-in-tofino
The video I made in 2015 for a Molson Canadian hockey contest of our "Miracle on Ice" championship win in March, 2004.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVnzY0Lj5Ug
The game on the evening of Feb 21, 2004, the last game of the season when I scored 5 goals . One and a half days later, I collapsed.
The scoresheet
Our hockey team, the Sasquatch, won our second championship in 2006.
http://www3.telus.net/yaron/Sasquatch/
In 2009, myself and a fellow GBM survivor created the Brainiacs for the inaugural Ride to Conquer Cancer.
Promo Poster
Brainiacs fundraising dollars for cancer research.
CTV News 2013
For a number of years, I coordinated the Vancouver Spring Sprint and created a video (2012) for Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada.
http://ybweb.bcgsc.ca/video/MySpringSprint/MySpringSprint.mp4
Rubik's Thriller! A video I made when I was bored. This was one of the first things I did after diagnosis—learn something new and train the brain and memory by testing myself every month to make sure I can still do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqqDvJsOitY
Art site - doing art has been meditative and healing for me over the years.
http://yaronart.weebly.com/
...and being in nature is also very healing--one of my favourite places to hike, 6-8 hrs from Mt Seymour in North Vancouver.
http://www3.telus.net/yaron/Elsay06/
Videos I created interviewing patient's experience dealing with brain cancer used in BC Cancer's Brain Information Days.
2014 Info Day
2016 Info Day
