Last spring my husband and I spent the day at a spa enjoying mineral and sulfur baths, clay mud and the moisturizing grotto cave. The next day I noticed a beauty mark on the side of my stomach bleeding. I thought it must be dry skin from all the exposure the day before, so I […]

My story began in February of this year. I was diagnosed with a localized, uterine cancer, that surgery should have taken care of. Being New Englander’s, my husband and I get through the winter by making plans for summer fun. So that is what we were busy with. This surgery being anything but routine was

10 years ago I was put in the hospital for cancer where I stayed for the next half of a year. My doctors were waiting for the type of lymphoma I had  2 years before they knew the signs of cancer of lymphoma but waited till I could be treated. The cancer started in my

Twenty days after celebrating my 45th Birthday & 1 week after my biopsy I received a call from my GP with my diagnosis of Stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma.  However, I would not know the true diagnosis until I met with the cancer surgeon days before my scheduled mastectomy I was immediately placed on the

In March 2021 after a biopsy, I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer.  I was just leaving my job, while in parking lot I got the call from the Oncologist surgeon.  I stayed in my car for 30 minutes crying. You see just a month prior February 2021; I had adopted my 5-year-old grandson

It was July when I had a pain in my side. I was 42, everyone thought it was an appendix issue. I went to the ER since everyone had me worried. Being a mom of 2, and having a high threshold for pain, I wasn’t too worried. Hours later, after a CT scan and an

Wow!!!!! Imagine my surprise when I went to my urologist because my urine was dark and they want to check for kidney issues including stones only to be told “We found a mass on your liver”. I quickly followed up with an appointment with my PCP, Dr. Jacob Curtis, and I left his office alone

I have always been in tune with my body and noticed something wasn’t right. After getting labs done, they found hyperthyroidism which quickly turned to Graves’ Disease. I found this out while I was pregnant and going to college full-time. My labs had something strange in them that made me feel that something was not

Hi I’m Aim, and I went from victim to victorious. I’m a breast cancer warrior like many others out there now.  I’m very proud and happy to be alive and to join all of you in this community.  I had bilateral breast cancer surgery a few days ago and at first I felt scared deflated

Diagnosed at 31 with stage 4 CRC in Sept 2019. Tried getting a colonoscopy a few years before diagnosis, only to be denied and told I’m too young. Had fatigue, occasional bloody stools, and off and on again back pain. Went through numerous chemotherapy treatments, liver, lung and colon resection to remove the primary tumor