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:
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma of my right breast, Stage 1, Grade 1, PR/ER +
- Employment Status:
- Employed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/54
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Biopsy, 2 lumpectomy's to get clean margins, removal of the sentinal lymph node, 5 weeks of targe...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 1
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/52
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Two Surgeries, six weeks radiation Therapy
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- Breast Cancer Stage 2B
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/60
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I have had many very difficult biopsies followed by 2 partial mastectomies. I am scheduled to hav...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage IV
- Employment Status:
- unemployed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/50
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Chemotherapy- Avastin Abraxene, Neulasta, Right Mastectomy, Radiation, Left skin sparing Mastecto...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- base of tongue cancer
- Employment Status:
- full time
- Gender/Age:
- /54
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- My treatment was a radical neck dissection, Chemo and radiation.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- triple negative ductal breast cancer stage 2
- Employment Status:
- disability
- Age:
- 55
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 4/09 lumpectomy w/node dissection 5/09 cytox./taxo. 2Q wks x4 rounds then 6wks of radiation initi...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Lymphoma of the brain
- Employment Status:
- Employed
- Age:
- 52
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Surgery to remove 1" X 2" gray matter behind right eye. Followed by chemo (chop) & radiation then...
