Living Out Loud: How Cancer Grounded Me and Helped Me Rise | Lisa’s Survivor Story “In January 2020, I was living in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the height of my aviation career. My wife was nine months pregnant with our first child. Then came the words that changed everything:
First of all I don’t consider myself a “survivor”, I am a cancer warrior. At age 72, I was diagnosed late 2017 with a 2.5 centimeter lesion near the base of my esophagus. My newfound Oncologist decided on a course of concurrent weekly radiation and aggressive chemo to be followed by surgery. I was extremely lucky to have the head
A typical dentist appointment for a cavity turned into a complete life changing situation. My dentist wasn’t concerened about the rotting tooth (I ignored for way to long) but he was very concerned about the lesion under my tongue. He sent me to an oral surgeon who immediately hooked me up to an ENT. A typical dentist appointment for a
On 8/8/2019 my world turned upside down. Diagnosis, Lobular Carcinoma of the left breast, breast cancer. After 4 months of Chemotherapy, a mastectomy including lymph nodes and 29 radiation treatments and Xeloda chemotherapy by mouth I am Cancer Free. A Fresh Start and a New Beginning. Now each day for me is a gift. I am thankful for small blessings.
This is my grandma, Martha. This is a story of her journey with Uterine Leiomyosarcoma; and is in very loving memory of her. She was diagnosed with Uterine Sarcoma in September of 2018 and went to Heaven on April 28th of 2019. She faced many challenges during this time. She spent over a month in The James Cancer Center where
It was the middle of March 2020 and I was having stomach pains and felt a hernia growing. The pains increased causing me to have very bad pains. I went to the ER and had to be alone while my brother waited outside in his car. COVID-19 has just got bad so no visitors. I took a CT scan and
