At the age of 18 I was diagnosed with Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It progressed pretty quickly; I went from having little pain to being completely immobile. I had to drive a couple hours away from home just to be diagnosed. After three different bone marrow extractions at three different hospitals, it was confirmed that I […]

In 1996 I was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer in my left breast. I was 36 years old. A single mother.  I had been living with my significant other for about 9 years. We owned a house, I worked for an insurance agent. My diagnosis threw me. No one in my family had ever

Kimberly W is a fighter!  Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 at the age of 34, was a task, being a mom of four, wife, and more!  With no family history and without the BRCA gene, Kimberly decided to turn her pain into purpose.   She has published books highlighting her cancer journey but also her

In May of 2020 I was diagnosed with kidney cancer. I had the left kidney removed and then in July 2020 I was also diagnosed with bladder cancer. I had to have complete hysterectomy and my bladder was removed. I began chemo at MD Anderson in September 2020, for my first 1 week round of

I am a 4x Cancer Survivor! In 2009, I was feeling a bit off, so after a few doctor visits, they ordered an MRI, which showed a very large brain tumor. They removed it and it was cancerous, stage 3B. After multiple follow up scans, it came back in 2018, again stage 3B. I had

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

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

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

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

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