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
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
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
