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Michelle M. on November 25, 2017
I was Diagnosed with:
Breast Cancer
Employment Status:
Full-Time
Gender/Age:
Female/47
Type and Description of Treatments:
Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, and radiation..fillowed by 5 years of tamoxifen.
How do you feel today?
Ok. I do not have the energy I had before diagnosis but I manage to get a good walk in everyday.
Continue ReadingLynn M. on November 23, 2017
I was Diagnosed with:
Ovarian Cancer
Employment Status:
Full Time
Gender/Age:
Female/48
Type and Description of Treatments:
Total hysterectomy, 16 rounds of Carbol-Taxol chemo
How do you feel today?
I feel a sense of accomplishment
Continue ReadingSusan G. on November 21, 2017
I was Diagnosed with:
Breast cancer
Employment Status:
Full time registered nurse
Gender/Age:
Female/54
Type and Description of Treatments:
Lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation
How do you feel today?
Healthy, still employed, and living every day blessed that I wake up in the morning.
Continue ReadingBeth K. on August 14, 2017
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage III colorectal cancer
Employment Status:
Laid off from Fortune 500 company this spring after 30 years of service
Gender/Age:
Female/54
Type and Description of Treatments:
24/7 chemotherapy during 25 rounds of radiation; colon cancer surgery to remove cancer; 3 of 12 p...
How do you feel today?
AWESOME! Just got back from a week in San Diego to see my 25 year old son. Working on putting together a Shutterfly book with pictures to send to him. <3
Continue ReadingRachel C. on March 2, 2017
I was Diagnosed with:
Multiple Myeloma (IgA)
Employment Status:
Postgraduate student (Education)
Gender/Age:
Female/54
Type and Description of Treatments:
6 cycles of CDT (chemo, steroids & thalidomide) followed by autologous stem-cell transplant. Mont...
How do you feel today?
Really excited to see the bulbs emerging - the signs of another Spring!
Continue ReadingAmy S. on November 28, 2016
I was Diagnosed with:
Breast Cancer-ER PR + Invasive & In situ - In ducts and lobules
Employment Status:
Contractor for 5 years at automobile manufacturing facility
Gender/Age:
Female/48
Type and Description of Treatments:
Double Mastectomy, 6 rounds of chemotherapy, Anastrozile for 8 more years
How do you feel today?
Weak physically & scared mentally. I can’t get to sleep and I can’t wake up in the morning. I’ve gained about 45 lbs since my diagnosis. I feel very isolated. I feel like everyone expects me to be okay and I’m not. I sleep a lot and get anxiety attacks about money, bills, and my future.
Continue ReadingSharon M. on September 21, 2016
I was Diagnosed with:
Colon Cancer / Post Chemo
Employment Status:
Unemployed
Gender/Age:
Female/48
Type and Description of Treatments:
I am done with chemo. Cancer free. Right now dealing with nerve damage and major depression treat...
How do you feel today?
I feel like I am in between a rock and a hard place right now. Frustrated, but ready to forage ahead
Continue ReadingMarisa P. on April 28, 2016
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage 2b triple negative breast cancer
Employment Status:
Freelance; trying to start my own business
Gender/Age:
Female/30
Type and Description of Treatments:
I had 16 rounds of chemo (clinical trial with eribulin and cytoxan for 12 rounds; 4 rounds of adr...
How do you feel today?
I feel pretty good today. I feel pretty healthy and fit. I am scared, but hopeful. I am trying to figure out how to create a career that allows me more of a work / life balance than the job that I had before and during treatment.
Continue ReadingLoretta H. on September 3, 2015
I was Diagnosed with:
Morphus Calcification, Right Breast
Employment Status:
Substitute Teacher - High School
Gender/Age:
Female/64
Type and Description of Treatments:
Right Breast Lumpectomy, Maintenance with Tomaxophene
How do you feel today?
Great. Just dealing with the ongoing battle of the hot flashes and obesity
Continue ReadingAshley T. on March 11, 2015
I was Diagnosed with:
Kidney Cancer with Autoimmune complications- SLE Lupus, MS, Fibromyalgia
Employment Status:
employed full-time
Gender/Age:
Female/35
Type and Description of Treatments:
Left nephrectomy. Chemo is not effective for kidney cancer, it's surgery & hoping for the best.
How do you feel today?
I feel amazing. It took a lot of time to get here. It was truly a journey. I hit lows, highs & am now riding high. Cancer helped me become a better person. Attitude was half the battle for me. Illness did not define me but it has changed me for the better.
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