I was 39 when I was diagnosed. No one wants to hear the words “you have cancer”. I told my oncologist that I wasn’t doing chemo. I had stage 2B cancer, lymph nodes were involved so I had to do radiation and chemo. My oncologist told me and my mom that if I didn’t do chemo, I wouldn’t be around

I never thought at the age of 39 my life was going to change…. I had recently had a continuous period that wouldn’t stop for months.  On birth control, nothing worked, I had pain on my lower left side pelvic area for a while.  My doctors did an ultrasound. They thought I was pregnant, and I was not. Something weird

I was diagnosed with stage 4 terminal lung cancer. I have been through six chemo treatments; two hospital stays, one stay for pneumonia and septic shock and a second Covid. No fun but I survived. They took another cat scan and my cancer shrunk by half.  I WILL SURVIVE!!!!!!! Share your cancer survivor story today!

I had Lymphoblastic leukemia that was diagnosed on 01/16/2007 at 12 years of age.  I was initially categorized as high-risk due to my age. I received the following chemotherapies on this regimen per the University of Minnesota: 1.  Cytarabine intrathecally with a cumulative dose of 39 mg/m2. 2.  Cytarabine intravenously with a cumulative dose of 1800 mg/m2. 3.  PEG-L-asparaginase intramuscularly

When I was 16 I started having a lot of trouble when it comes to my reproductive system, I was having a lot of gut-wrenching pain and heavy bleeding. Because I had only had a very short conversation with my parents about my cycle and I thought everything was normal. Fast forward to October of 2019, I was sent into

Hello…my name is Eric and I’ve been encouraged (more than once) to share my story…so, here goes (I’ll try to keep it short…lol).   In 2018 I was experiencing problems eating and went to see my VA PCP who then referred me to a specialist for an EGD. The EGD showed a tumor in my esophagus. Low and behold…stage lV esophageal cancer.  The