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more than a diagnosis
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Connecting Through Stories, Thriving Through Community
More Than a Diagnosis is a community for people affected by cancer or chronic illness. We’re here for all the stuff that comes with illness, because no one should have to navigate it alone. Through stories, connection, support, and resources, we create space for the parts of this experience that don’t always get talked about.
MAKING SPACE FOR MORE
From connection and support to stories, resources, and projects that carry our community forward, these are some of the ways we shows up:
legacy Projects
We carry our people with us. These projects will honor friends we’ve lost by carrying their stories, passions, and impact forward.
WE’RE MORE THAN A DIAGNOSIS TOO
More Than a Diagnosis (MTAD) grew from people sharing their personal experiences navigating cancer and chronic illness, finding each other, and realizing how much it matters to have people who just get it. What started with sharing stories on TikTok has now grown into a nonprofit organization — one we're continuing to build with the people who make MTAD what it is.
More Than a Diagnosis is the public-facing name of Cancer & Chronic Illness Collective (CCIC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
PULL UP A CHAIR
And listen to the podcast that helped shape More Than A Diagnosis
Jes and Den are lifelong friends and the cofounders of More Than a Diagnosis. They found their way back to each other through cancer and chronic illness, and the podcast grew from the conversations that followed.
Real conversations about life after major diagnosis. The complicated, funny, uncomfortable, and sometimes downright weird parts that come with it.
YOU DON'T HAVE
TO DO THIS ALONE
Connection has always been at the heart of MTAD. We've brought people together through virtual support groups, in-person meetups, social media, stories, and sometimes just finding someone who gets it.
We're continuing to figure out what community can look like here and building more ways for people to connect in 2027.
Get occasional updates from MTAD about new resources, programs, stories, and ways to connect.
HELP US KEEP BUILDING MORE
More Than A Diagnosis exists because people need more than information about their diagnosis.
They need connection, support, resources, and people who just get it.
Your support helps us create connection, send care packages, build useful resources, share stories,
and make space for what's next.
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Every gift helps us create more connection, support, and resources.
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More Than a Diagnosis is the name you know us by. We legally operate as Cancer & Chronic Illness Collective (CCIC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. EIN: 39-4890739