In 2011, Bryan Lenett lost a close and personal
friend to cancer. “She was a childhood friend and I always gave her words of
encouragement, telling her she would survive and that she would touch thousands
of lives,” says Bryan Lenett.
Ultimately, Bryan Lenett’s promise came true, his website, CancerShare, created
in memory and honor of his friend, would unite thousands of people.
Bryan Lenett recognized, through his friend, many of
the emotional and physical difficulties cancer patients face regularly. Through
every step of the process, patients struggled with feelings of loneliness and
isolation. “CancerShare brings people from all facets of the cancer community
together. It is a unique website with a platform not found anywhere else,” says
Bryan Lenett.
Bryan Lenett’s
CancerShare has five main areas of function. First, the website helps cancer
patients and their families connect with people around the world. The second
function of this unique social media network is the ability to share stories of
“healing, treatments, and experiences.” The benefit of using CancerShare is the
privacy afforded through Bryan Lenett’s website that is unavailable with other
social networks, like Twitter and Facebook.
The third benefit of CancerShare, designed by Bryan
Lenett, is the ability of patients struggling with cancer to connect with
cancer survivors, doctors, and research centers around the world. Just as Bryan
Lenett gave his friend words of hope and encouragement, survivors can give
patients in the heart of their struggles hope and confidence. Members of the website can join an existing
cancer group or create their own cancer group. This was the fourth benefit Bryan Lenett built into the design
of CancerShare. The fifth and final benefit of CancerShare is the ability to
receive and send donations.
Bryan Lenett gifted thousands of people by creating
CancerShare. Seeing the psychological effects of cancer through his friend,
Bryan Lenett created a website where users can see that they are not alone
while survivors provide hope and inspiration. The website is currently in beta,
but Bryan Lenett will continue
to grow the site in honor and memory of his friend and countless others who
have struggled with cancer.
For more information on CancerShare, you can visit
cancershare.com.
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