Survivor Stories!
Mike’s Survivor Story
My Cancer Journey: Some Dreams are Real Nightmares By Mike Johnson Growing up I had a series of reoccurring dreams, one involved me heroically pulling people from aburning car on the side of the road, the other had me getting cancer, battling it, and eventuallyovercoming it. Both dreams were perplexing

Rita S’s Story
I am 66 and 5 years ago January 16, 2016, I had a routine colonoscopy and my world changed when I woke up and was told I had stage 3 colon cancer. My husband was and is my rock. I am living with neuropathy from the chemo treatments but I am a warrior/survivor, alive and loving life every day. I

Kevin W’s Story
I’m 68 years old and in 2018 I was diagnosed with NHL stage 4 grade 2. I went through the treatment and went on to the maintenance program in 2019. In Jan 2020 I went to the ER for a pain in my side and that’s when they discovered a tumor on my pancreas, which turned out to be 3

Sara’s Story
My story starts off fairly normal, actually. In 2018, at the age of 42, I had skipped a few gyno appointments over the years. My periods started to become extremely painful, often knocking me down 2-3 days at a time. I had also noticed weight gain and what felt like a “bubble” in the left side of my abdomen. During

Rey’s Story
I am a 26 year old male. After several months of struggling with fevers, fatigue, and a growing pandemic – I was diagnosed with stage 4 Hodgkin’s, and quickly started treatment. I immediately improved but still had to take on 6 months of chemotherapy in mostly isolation with my wonderful partner. After going through a couple cycles of ABVD and

Terri’s Story
I was 1st diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. Because of fear due to watching my sister go through triple negative breast cancer, I waited too long and the cancer traveled into my lymph nodes and I tested positive for metastatic invasive ductal carcinoma. It’s now stage 1-2 with metastatic in the lymph node tested after a double

Maria’s Story (Shared by Kimberly)
I met this beautiful Angel, who is also resilient, vibrant and now my friend, Maria. I met Maria while I was working at the Cancer Clinic where she received her treatment, back in 2016. Maria had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Maria managed to do what most of us, honestly, would be too embarrassed to do and that is to