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

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

I am proud to be here today as a four-time cancer survivor. My journey began when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Disease at the age of 18.  Then, twenty years later, in came breast cancer. Since then, I have fought this disease on three separate occasions. For me, unfortunately, cancer is something that has been

This year marks the 9-year anniversary of my winning the battle against cancer. I am proud to have fought so hard. As I reached the stepping-off point of this Earth due to sepsis from treatment a great force pulled me back… the will to live is such a powerful thing. Although I am proud to

My thyroid numbers were all completely normal but I was always choking after I ate and my hair was seriously thinning. My friend said I should have it checked. I went to the Dr. and he felt something in my throat. He sent me for a sonogram. The sonographer circled several suspicious nodules. I was

My journey began back in 2018. I had been suffering from abdomen pain for a few years, accompanied by, what I thought was muscle strain into my flank area. I did have a uterine fibroid and was told over and over, that being so close to menopause, this fibroid would just shrivel up and go away over

I was diagnosed at the age of 14 (now 30) with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. For a couple of days, I was coughing up blood and did not tell my parents because I was scared. Eventually, I started showing other signs and my mother took notice. She rushed me to the ER where they did blood