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In this article, Ruth Rechis—a 20-year survivor of Hodgkin lymphoma—describes her personal account of surviving cancer and her experience as a researcher and advocate in the field of survivorship. She provides recommendations for engaging survivors as active participants in their post-treatment, long-term survivorship care and to ensure appropriate care is universally available as part of patient-centred comprehensive care.