This has to be my toughest year yet.  Only being 38 and amid the Covid crisis, I was diagnosed with 2 cancers. I had my surgery for Uterine cancer on March 2nd, then only 5 months later I had surgery for Thyroid cancer on July 28th. Drs feel confident they did get it all on both, but I will start

Diagnosed with large cell carcinoma one tumor on the lung, metastasized to the spine area where there are now three. Completed spine radiation in October 2020 after 15 sessions. Next is 15 on the lung. I am 65 years old and lived a good life 20 years military and 14 public service. The fight never ends and I stay strong

I was told I have cancer 1-1-2014, Stage 4, Inoperable Breast Cancer. My husband asked for a prognosis and was told it could be 6 months or 6 years, the doctor didn’t know. I’ve also been fighting MS for 24 years. I just keep moving, doing things to keep going and walk with my head high with a smile on

In December 2016, I went for a check-up with the VA and the doctor ordered a full physical since I haven’t had one in three years. The doctor called me that afternoon and told me my PSA was 15.7. She told me to make an appointment with an urologist soon. I saw the VA urologist three weeks later and he

In 2017 I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Her2- Breast Cancer in my right breast with a group of pre-cancerous calcifications. My doctor ordered an MRI of my left breast because she wanted to make sure we weren’t missing anything. It detected a mass twice as big as the mass on the right side. I was diagnosed with Invasive

May 7, 2017 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. I couldn’t think about what the doctor said. I had a Bilateral Mastectomy July 12th, 2017 and took 9 treatments of Taxol and Herceptin infusion for 18 months. I had a horrible plastic surgeon, I have been through 14 surgeries so far. And before the end of the year I will