There's this guy. His name is Matthew Zachary. He's a cancer survivor, a motivational speaker, a concert pianist, and the founder of a resource portal for young adults surviving cancer.

Steps for Living, Inc. -- also known as I'm too young for this -- was created by Zachary because he wants us all to know there are awesome cancer support services out there for adolescents and young adults. He means really awesome opportunities -- like spa retreats, online forums and blogs, social networking, camping excursions, fertility education, peer counseling, financial scholarships, and more.

You may be too young for cancer, but you are not alone, says Zachary whose mantra is Get Busy Living. And this is exactly what he is doing, despite challenges and setbacks in his own cancer recovery.

Think about this, an e-mail written by Zachary for those near and dear to his heart:

I am writing to share that I have suddenly gone deaf in my left ear. The condition is called Sudden Sensory Neural Hearing Loss.

After consulting with the country's best hearing experts as well as my oncologist, it has been determined that this is unequivocally a latent, long-term side effect of my post-operative cancer treatments from eleven years ago. Evidently, the excessive radiation dosages to the left hemisphere of my brain have caused irreparable neurological damage to my cochlea, which has ceased functioning.

There may be options (cochlear implants) but I will not know more for several weeks. As you can imagine, this is a devastating blow to my personal life and music career, especially since I remember fighting so hard to regain dexterity and muscle control in my left hand when it ceased functioning prior to my initial diagnosis in 1995.

That said, it has only reinvigorated me to stay the course and continue to advocate on behalf of the more than 500,000 young adults living with, through and beyond cancer each and every year. Now more than ever, I stress the importance of recognizing that remission is not a cure and that public awareness and adequate funding for adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship programming is tantamount to that of cancer research.

This is what it means to be a cancer survivor.

To read more about Zachary's powerful journey, click here for an unbelievably moving essay -- titled The Cost Of Living: No Cure For Cancer -- written by this unbelievably grounded guy.

For a health-informed public that is beginning to demand more nutrition and less fat in the food they are served -- fast food is falling out of its once favored position of popularity as a quick meal for kids. Who doesn't think that McDonald's and the golden arches are the unofficial defining symbol for fast food?

In response to the perception that fast food is not linked to good health, along with the negative image resulting from the book and movie Fast Food Nation -- and now the publication of a children's book Chew On This, which is co-written by Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser -- McDonald's has announced the creation of a Global Moms Panel. Nine women from six countries will advise the company on balanced and active lifestyle initiatives, restaurant communications and children's well-being.

Translation? McDonald's wants to find out how to market to moms who are interested in their children living long healthy lives free from obesity and the nutrition-deficient food that can increase the risks for major disease later in life, like cancer. Which has the potential for being a good thing if McDonalds does offer healthier food as a result of the recommendations from moms. If it's just a public relations campaign to improve a business image then I believe the public will see through it and the effort will backfire. According to Mary Dillon, McDonald's global chief marketing officer, "We want to become the best ally we can for moms and a true partner in the well-being of families everywhere." Time will tell.

In 1995, Sam Donaldson was diagnosed with melanoma when a tumor was discovered in a lymph node in his groin. Donaldson blogged during last year's Blog for Hope event, where celebrities and public figures shared insights and personal stories of how cancer has affected their lives. Donaldson, a veteran investigative journalist, currently appears on the Sunday morning television talk show, This Week with David Brinkley. Donaldson blogged about joining the cancer club. As he pointed out, no one volunteers to join the cancer club but you are automatically enrolled if you are diagnosed with cancer. Once a member, there is important work to be done by the members.

"We work to obtain more money for research into the causes, prevention and cures for cancer and for the alleviation of suffering from cancer. But there is something else that those of us in the club can do." It is perhaps the most important task of being a member of the cancer club. Donaldson explains it by sharing his personal experience. Donaldson, who reports news, became news with his cancer diagnosis. Shortly after, a senator he did not know very well, called and said to Donaldson, "I read that you have melanoma. Let me tell you, six years ago I had a number of melanoma lesions removed and I'm just fine today. You will be too."

Donaldson said that was one of the most important telephone calls he ever received -- one he has never forgotten. When I was in the hospital recovering from cancer surgery, a nurse came into my room and shared her seven-year cancer survivorship story. She was there to let me know there was hope -- that I would be fine. It was the turning point in my recovery, and it is the moment I will never forget. As cancer survivors, we have important work to do. Reaching out to the newly-diagnosed is one of the most important tasks because it brings hope. Hope can be the most powerful healing tool of all.