Nurse Ratched

CancerConnection.ca - Senior Manager

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.

Gmail - cancerconnection.ca Account.pdf

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.

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.

In the post below you advertise your meditation services and also promoted your personal website that is clearly against our terms of use.

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.

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.

In the post below you advertise your meditation services and also promoted your personal website that is clearly against our terms of use.

Our community is available for people to ask questions and share their personal experiences with cancer. The purpose is not to promote certain treatments or drugs, share about your business, find contacts outside of peer support, share medical advice or opinions.

Keeping our site safe is our number one priority. Having two immediate posts that violated our guidelines was not a rushed decision on our part. It was 2 violations immediately upon joining our space.

It appears that our community is not a good fit for the type of exchanges you hope to have. I do not feel confident from your response that you intend to follow our guidelines moving forward if your account was reinstated.

I wish you all the best,

Our community is available for people to ask questions and share their personal experiences with cancer. The purpose is not to promote certain treatments or drugs, share about your business, find contacts outside of peer support, share medical advice or opinions.

Keeping our site safe is our number one priority. Having two immediate posts that violated our guidelines was not a rushed decision on our part. It was 2 violations immediately upon joining our space.

It appears that our community is not a good fit for the type of exchanges you hope to have. I do not feel confident from your response that you intend to follow our guidelines moving forward if your account was reinstated.

I wish you all the best,