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Making Lemonade and Memories

@kwadrans.ca
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“Your breast cancer has spread to your bones” were the worst words I’ve ever been told. How I react to them is up to me. Join me as I make memories with my family despite my cancerous “lemons”. 🔗 linktr.ee/lemonadeandmemories

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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 30/09/2026
So tell me, how are you choosing to remember what happened to these children?
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 30/09/2026
Comment vivez-vous personnellement cette journée de vérité et de réconciliation ?
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 29/09/2026
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Notre 9e année à courir pour la recherche contre le cancer !
9 ans de course pour lutter contre le cancer, huit ans aux côtés de mamanAttendez une seconde ! Quoi ? Nous courons en famille depuis 2018—ça fait 9 ans ! Cela représente plus de la moitié de notre...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 29/09/2026
Ce serait tellement mieux de carrément guérir le cancer. C'est ce que Terry Fox avait en tête : un monde sans cancer. Ensemble, réalisons son rêve. #TerryFox #KwadKids #UnMondeSansCancer 3/4
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 29/09/2026
Il y a des matins où on pense à son prochain rendez-vous d'oncologie plutôt qu'à son café. Aujourd'hui : 4 rendez-vous. Suivi, scan, radiothérapie, chimio. La recherche a doublé mon espérance de vie — énorme. Mais ça veut dire des traitements continuels, pour toujours allonger le fil. 2/4
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 29/09/2026
Aidez la collecte de fonds Terry Fox de mes enfants pour la recherche sur le cancer 👉 ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids L'histoire complète dans le fil ci-dessous. 🧵 1/4
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 28/09/2026
No rest for the wicked! schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 28/09/2026
Je n’ai pas le temps de souffler ! ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/09/2026
Despite the fatigue from my treatments, I presented to 300+ students for Terry Fox. My LEGO house: researchers build it, but patients step inside and and share their experiences to make it better. Donate to cancer research schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/09/2026
Malgré la fatigue de mes traitements, j'ai présenté à 300+ élèves pour Terry Fox. Ma maison LEGO : les chercheurs la bâtissent, mais les patients y entrent et partagent leur expérience pour l'améliorer. Faites un don pour la recherche contre le cancer ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/09/2026
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Our 9th Year Running for Cancer Research!
Year 9 of Running for Cancer Research — 9 Years for Canadians, 8 Years for Mom   Wait a minute! What? We've been running as a family since 2018—that's 9 years! That's more than half our lives!!! 😳...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/09/2026
9 years of KwadKids running for Terry Fox! Goal: $15,000 for cancer research. Thanks to École de l'Horizon for helping us get there! Every donation counts 👉 schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids #TerryFoxRun #KwadKids #CancerResearch #TerryFoxSchoolRun #EcoleDeLHorizon
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/09/2026
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Notre 9e année à courir pour la recherche contre le cancer !
9 ans de course pour lutter contre le cancer, huit ans aux côtés de mamanAttendez une seconde ! Quoi ? Nous courons en famille depuis 2018—ça fait 9 ans ! Cela représente plus de la moitié de notre...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/09/2026
9 ans que les KwadKids courent pour la course Terry Fox des écoles ! Objectif : 15 000 $ pour la recherche innovatrice sur le cancer. Merci à l'École de l'Horizon de nous aider à y arriver! Chaque don compte : 👉 ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids #CourseTerryFox #KwadKids #EcoleDeLHorizon
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 25/09/2026
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Our 9th Year Running for Cancer Research!
Year 9 of Running for Cancer Research — 9 Years for Canadians, 8 Years for Mom   Wait a minute! What? We've been running as a family since 2018—that's 9 years! That's more than half our lives!!! 😳...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 25/09/2026
Donate here: schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 25/09/2026
Donate today! schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 24/09/2026
11,000+ cancer patients will gain access to precision oncology over the next 4 years! Thanks to @marathonofhope who developed Canada's largest cancer resource, and the Government of Canada's $80M investment. A huge win for patients today and tomorrow! #CancerResearch @terryfoxresearch.bsky.social
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 19/09/2026
We're the KwadKids raising $15K for cancer research — already 33% there thanks to you! 🙌 Every $ counts. Donation or not, please SHARE with your network — you never know who can help! 💕 schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Our 9th Year Running for Cancer Research!
Year 9 of Running for Cancer Research — 9 Years for Canadians, 8 Years for Mom   Wait a minute! What? We've been running as a family since 2018—that's 9 years! That's more than half our lives!!! 😳...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 19/09/2026
Nous sommes les KwadKids et on amasse 15 000 $ pour la recherche sur le cancer — déjà 33 % grâce à vous! 🙌 Chaque dollar compte. Don ou pas, PARTAGEZ avec votre réseau — on ne sait jamais qui pourrait aider! 💕 #terryfox ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Notre 9e année à courir pour la recherche contre le cancer !
9 ans de course pour lutter contre le cancer, huit ans aux côtés de mamanAttendez une seconde ! Quoi ? Nous courons en famille depuis 2018—ça fait 9 ans ! Cela représente plus de la moitié de notre...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 18/09/2026
Message from my kids: Hi! We're skipping Vanilbean, Roblox robux & a Man City jersey this month. We'd rather help fight cancer with Terry Fox! Now we need grown-ups to donate too & match our savings. Can you help us? 👉 schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
schools.terryfox.ca
Our 9th Year Running for Cancer Research!
Year 9 of Running for Cancer Research — 9 Years for Canadians, 8 Years for Mom   Wait a minute! What? We've been running as a family since 2018—that's 9 years! That's more than half our lives!!! 😳...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 18/09/2026
Message de mes enfants : Salut! Ce mois-ci, on renonce à Vanilbean, aux robux Roblox et au chandail de Man City. On préfère aider à combattre le cancer avec Terry Fox! Les adultes, on a besoin de vous pour donner aussi et égaler nos économies. SVP aidez-nous 👉 ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Notre 9e année à courir pour la recherche contre le cancer !
9 ans de course pour lutter contre le cancer, huit ans aux côtés de mamanAttendez une seconde ! Quoi ? Nous courons en famille depuis 2018—ça fait 9 ans ! Cela représente plus de la moitié de notre...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 18/09/2026
I might have had an adult tantrum after the kids went to bed last night, and I got home at 10 pm from the CT cancellation. There might have also been lots of f-bombs, the UCP, and DS all in one sentence between tears of anger and fear. Sometimes my sweet me makes way for emotions to boil over. 😔
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 17/09/2026
Just finished my first radiation treatment. Time to share what's been going on. I've told family and close friends already, now it's here too. kwadrans.ca/9-weeks-9-ce...
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9 Weeks. 9 Centimetres.
My last set of scans in late June weren’t great. In fact, they were less than great. I have multiple progressions in my right leg. In the space of nine weeks, a 9 cm lesion grew around the lo…
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 14/09/2026
Guess who kicked off their Terry Fox School Run donations with $75 of their hard-earned allowance? My kids, the "KwadKids," aim to raise $15K+ this year. Their allowance isn’t enough—please donate now to help fund cancer research and help us #FinishIt for Terry! schools.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Our 8th Year Running for Cancer Research!
Year 8 of Running for Cancer Research — 8 Years for Canadians, 7 Years for Mom   Wait a minute! What? We've been running as a family since 2018—that's 8 years! That's more than half our lives!!! 😳...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 14/09/2026
Devinez qui a lancé ses dons pour la Course Terry Fox avec 75 $ de leur argent de poche ? Mes enfants, les "KwadKids", visent à récolter plus de 15 000 $ cette année. Leur argent de poche ne suffit pas—SVP faites un don pour financer la recherche contre le cancer ! ecoles.terryfox.ca/page/kwadkids
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Notre 8e année à courir pour la recherche contre le cancer !
8 ans de course pour lutter contre le cancer, sept ans aux côtés de mamanAttendez une seconde ! Quoi ? Nous courons en famille depuis 2018—ça fait 8 ans ! Cela représente plus de la moitié de notre...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 30/08/2026
Nooooooooooooo!!!!! I just took this screenshot. He can’t be allowed to rename the world after him.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 29/08/2026
I’m not crying, you’re crying. OK, perhaps it was recorded so I can’t deny it. Thank you so much for the new roof! www.facebook.com/share/v/1DGi...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 28/08/2026
Thank you to EVERYONE who voted for me! I'm the proud winner of a new roof from CJAY 92 and Ardent Roofing. I can't thank you enough—you didn't just vote, you shared the link so friends, family, and colleagues could vote too. 🙏
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 26/08/2026
I need your help! I’m in the running to win a new roof. It’s the last day to vote: contest closes at 11:59 pm. It only takes 24 seconds to vote. Click below. Please vote for me, Natalie! 🙏
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 24/08/2026
To vote for me, select my name: Natalie Kwadrans Thanks!
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 24/08/2026
My friend nominated me for a free roof giveaway, and I'm one of 5 finalists! Winning is based on votes, so please vote for me before Aug 26, 11:59pm, and share with others too! 😊 ardentroofsystems.com/about-us/fre...
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Free Roof Giveaway | Calgary - Ardent Roof Systems
The first annual Ardent Roof Systems Free Roof Giveaway in CALGARY happens this summer!
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 24/07/2026
What happens when you run out of states to admit to Canada? Realistically, you probably only have a few days before you’ve admitted all states given how often dumb things are said. Asking for a friend. 🙃
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 23/07/2026
Thankfully the taxi driver drove by when he did. The outcome could have been much different. To this day, I walk with my keychain in hand, fist closed and keys between each of my fingers, near my knucles when I am forced to go through a poorly lit area.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 22/07/2026
I hoped this was fiction. Didn’t know those scary stats! My “force field” was a taxi driver—#HeForShe saw a man pin me against a dark underpass wall walking home from work at 17. He scared him off, drove me to the police, & gave a statement. Glad you reassured her the way she needed in that moment.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 21/07/2026
Agreed. I’m in Radium Hot Springs, BC (pop ~900), so there is no doc. No docs or walk-in options at all, and pharmacists don’t look at throats, so was forced to ER. Script seems to be working. I’m feeling better already. :)
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 20/07/2026
Of course I get a throat (possibly strep… TBC in a few days) and ear infection the day after I get my teeth cleaned. Now on vacation in rural BC where there are no docs, I’ve spent 3+ hours in ER. I’m getting enough antibiotics to make it through to tomorrow, and then will get my script filled.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 30/06/2026
Looking for inexpensive💡!!! And ideally free activities to do on Canada Day with my 9- and 12-year old kiddos. I have terminal cancer, so something that does it have me is low-to-moderate intensity for a few hours at most, or lower intensity for 3-4 hours work. Thanks in advance!
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/06/2026
Emailed my MLA re: that + RAT tests for low-income/immunocompromised. He forwarded it to Min. LaGrange. She said “no”. Offered no alternative for masks & said I can request free PCR instead. Useless when I need quick results for kids returning from their dad's and I have cancer treatment for life. 😞
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/06/2026
Second time, I truly don’t know how I caught it. Sadly, my PE (anticoagulantd?) disqualified me from Paxlovid, so I needed Remdesivir. I don’t recommend getting COVID. It sucks. But, in the 6 years since masking became a thing in Canada, those are the only 2 times I got sick. I’m good with that!
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/06/2026
Exactly. I tried a bunch out during COVID. I bought “variety packs” to try different ones I to see which ones I liked best. And other than getting sick twice. Once was bc I forget to bring a mask to an outdoor concert… but bathrooms were indoors. 😤 During COVID. I needed Paxlovid to fight it.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/06/2026
Thank you for your advocacy around respiratory viruses. I love Breatheteq masks. Those have the best fit for my face.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/06/2026
Thank you. I don’t have long-Covid, but am learning about gut health in general. I’ve been adding more probiotics and fermented foods to my diet. Thanks for the reply. :)
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 27/06/2026
Can you replenish it by eating certain (fermented?) foods?
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 19/06/2026
I was about that age when my 1 year younger brother spotted a "danceuses nues" sign as our mom drove past it on our way to school. He asked why women dance naked. I wisely reassured him no men were allowed in. 😂 Mom was relieved she didn't have to answer!
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 13/06/2026
Honoured to have been in the same news article as @drdavidkeegan.bsky.social regarding the new National Advisory Committee on Preventative Health Services. This will impact virtually all Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Calgary doctor selected to lead national committee on preventive health services | CBC News
The federal government has tapped a Calgary-based physician to lead a national advisory committee on preventive health services, and one advocate is hopeful it will lead to significant updates to the ...
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 13/06/2026
I'm glad you are on the mend!
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 13/06/2026
My goodness! That's quite the crazy ordeal and so glad you got help. I only caught up on this! Despite everything that was going on, you still managed to get an interview in with CBC. I was able to record the radio clip. I'll DM it to you here, otherwise LinkedIn if it doesn't work though BlueSky.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 24/05/2026
Really? You needed to block the 3 parking spaces instead of pulling into the 75% of empty parking spots instead.
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Making Lemonade and Memories @kwadrans.ca · 23/05/2026
You beat me to it!
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