Nurse Ratched
CancerConnection.ca - Senior Manager
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Nurse Ratched is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Ken Kesey's 1962 novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
October 2025 - We celebrated clean cancer scans since 2021 treatment (Cancer Log)
December 2025 - Tumor removed from right prefrontal cortex
January 2026 - Five Radiation Treatments
February 2026 - Grand Mal Seizure
I signed up for the Canadian Cancer Society CancerConnection.ca after this series of health events. I was concerned for my survival and hoped to find others with similar experiences (lung\brain cancer) but my account was deleted after my introduction post and response to a community member. Apparently people in my condition need to pay special attention to the rules before simply signing up by emailing cancerconnect.ca.
Lacey Horta (she/her)
Senior Manager, Peer Support
Canadian Cancer Society
Non-Fictional character
Summary: John Argast contested the removal of his cancer community account, IcarusFlyby.
Ms. Horta stated I had violated guidelines and denied account reinstatement.
Ms. Horta made assumptions about my intentions for signing up for the cancer community, rushed to judgment without attempting to contact me in any way, and closed my account. Ms. Horta did not allow me to correct the community guideline violations, escalated the issue, and self adjudicated her own decision.
(Apparently) Ms. Horta did not approve of links in my Community Introduction to my online personal autobiography (IcarusFlyby.ca); my artwork (artboxes.ca) or my response to a post by a community member that included a link to my personal cancer log (dapane.ca).
I simply would have removed the links if I had been given the opportunity to do so.
Let me be clear: In December 2025 my condition had deteriorated to the point that I was unable to control the left side of my body or dress myself. I had trouble with mobility. As clearly indicated in my introduction post, I required brain surgery to remove a tumor, radiation treatment in late January and experienced a grand mal seizure in February. My concern was surviving 2026, I was still in recovery from my experiences, no longer allowed to drive and totally dependent on my wife, my primary caregiver. In Short: disabled and looking for help
IMHO: Ms. Horta's actions were avoidable, judgemental, unacceptable, abusive and IMHO based on censorship.
I do not believe that Ms. Horta is in alignment with the stated intent or spirit of cancerconnection.ca.
IMHO: Ms. Horta requires supervision.
Hi John,
It is not clear based on your response that you understand our terms of use and intend to use the community for it’s intended purpose- Peer Support.
What is peer support?
Peer support is a non-judgmental, mutual relationship where individuals with lived experience in mental health or addiction challenges offer support to others facing similar situations. It provides emotional support, coping strategies, and hope, often acting as a bridge to formal services and reducing stigma.
The following post resembles a phishing post that we often see in our community: You have included a link “dapane.ca” and stated information about statistics and shared information about “Methylene blue” without siting the source of your information. It is unclear what your question is or why you have chosen to post this, and it comes across as suspicious.
What a smeghead!
😇 Peer Support is exactly what I am offering here. I am replying to a community member facing palliative care in the near future, who mentions Methylene blue. Because of my condition, I am looking for solutions, Methylene blue has come to my attention and I am researching Methylene blue as an adjunct treatment because it can both offer and receive an electron. I simply shared the information that I had come across. daPane.ca is a link to my personal cancer log;
Ms. Horta labels my response "as a phishing post" I have a BC Cancer ID! This is abuse
In the post below you advertise your meditation services and also promoted your personal website that is clearly against our terms of use.
An autobiography is totally appropriate in a introductory post
This is what I do I am an artist
I just learned that outcomes for lung cancer have improved since I was treated. Sit down. In 2021, the year I was treated, roughly 30,000 Canadians were diagnosed with lung cancer. It was projected that 24,000 would have died by 2026. Apparently that has changed.
Immunotherapy gives lung cancer patients a change.
Many people I have know have died from cancer within six months. Well before any benefit from Immunotherapy (which follows SOC treatments) and I wonder why? What makes them different and what makes me different, and I wonder why? Why am I alive?
If you cut me Ms. Horta, do I not bleed?
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