Collective Diary
Cancer and Careers is collecting snapshots of the cancer experience by asking working people with cancer at all phases of their treatment and recovery to answer the same series of questions about their outlook, their work experience and advice they would give others. We invite you to read their stories and share your own.
Recent Entries
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Infiltration Ductal Carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- employed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/42
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- surgery, chemo, radiation
- I was Diagnosed with:
- intermediate grade invasive ductal carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- full-time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/42
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Found at exam 3/8; biopsied 3/9/12. Given diagnosis 3/16. Lumpectomy done 4/4 with 6 lymph nodes...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Male/43
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Eight cycles of ABVD followed by 21 days of head and neck radiation.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- AML
- Employment Status:
- starting soon
- Gender/Age:
- Male/52
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, and a stem cell transplant, I am post transplant by 180 days approximatel...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Non small cell carcinoma . Stage four inoperable
- Employment Status:
- Working
- Gender/Age:
- Male/45
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 60 straight days of radiation. Three days of carboplatnum chemo and 21 days rest for six months.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 1 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- Marketing Consultant
- Gender/Age:
- Female/53
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had a lumpectomy, followed by 5 1/2 months of chemotherapy, then a bilateral mastectomy and rec...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage IIB Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/48
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Breast cancer, stage IIB. Tumor was 2.8 cm. Had a lumpectomy, followed by 4 cycles of chemo, th...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- The official diagnosis is triple negative adnocarcinoma of the breast, axillary lymph node dissection, stage 2B, grade 3.
- Employment Status:
- Employed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/54
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Mammogram Biopsy 1st Operation-Lumpectomy, little itty bitty tumor (2.7 centimeters) and the ti...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/26
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Well I have chosen not to have any treatment for the moment I am trying to assume everything, I k...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- DCIS
- Employment Status:
- Full Time Employment
- Gender/Age:
- Female/44
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I was diagnosed with DCIS on January 7th 2011. They were able to save the skin but not the breast...
