I have been treated with 5 different cancers in the past 5 years. In 2017 I was diagnosed with Gleason 8 prostate cancer. I received 28 radiation treatments and then prostate brachytherapy where the surgeon inserted 130 radioactive seeds in my prostate. In 2018 I was diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent surgery to remove the lower lobe of my

My story began in May 2018, which is when I first began paying attention to the signals my body was giving me.  At first, I was dealing with constant constipation, which I simply reasoned away as my needing to eat more fiber (which I began doing to no avail). I was never a very big eater, but my appetite was

When I was 2 years old I was diagnosed with brain cancer on the right side of my brain. They estimate I was born with it. It was the size of an apricot and it grew tentacles to wrap itself around the brain. They gave me only 6 months to live but my mom didn’t give up hope. she found

I am 76 years old and have been healthy all my life but was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer August 2018. I had a single mastectomy January 2019 and 30 Radiation treatments.  I have been taking Ibrance, Letrozol and Xgeva injections monthly since September 2018. I am not Cancer free, but I am living each day one at a

For months I was having issues with what I thought were food sensitivities and hemorrhoids. I would go to the doctor and get hydrocortisone cream…never worked. Then months later, I presented to the ER with signs/symptoms of appendicitis. Little did I know that when they removed the appendix, it had a neoplasm of 4.7cm! Two weeks later, I had lymph

My whole life I’ve had problems with my menstrual cycle, (heavy bleeding, cramps). In October 2019 at the age of 44, I went to see my gyn as normal and decided to get on birth control to try and help the symptoms vs an ablation. They did an ultrasound at that time and noticed a pea sized fibroid (never had