In 2011 I was diagnosed with stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma when my spleen ruptured. I was given a year to live. The cancer was in 1 lung, my liver, my brain and all my lymph nodes. I was treated with Proluekin at the University of Minnesota and was given a 6% chance of success. I […]

In 2009 at age 43 I went in for a routine mammogram and was shocked to find out I had stage 1, aggressive cell, breast cancer. I underwent surgery and six weeks of radiation. Thinking all was well I went on with my life, raising my two young girls and spending time with my husband