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:
- Lymphoma
- Employment Status:
- unemployed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/55
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Stage 4. Currently undergoing chemo. Just had my first 3 sessions cons...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Update to Pancoast Tumor
- Employment Status:
- Long term disability
- Age:
- 50
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- After my first entry into the Collective Online Diary Questionnaire,12/28/08, I had 1 surgery to ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Ovarian Cancer
- Employment Status:
- warehouse
- Age:
- 26
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had a full hysterectumy. I didn't qualify for chemo or radiation because I was in the 1st stage...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- DCIS
- Employment Status:
- working 80% of full-time
- Age:
- 56
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Partial mastectomy, no lymph node involvement, radiation, one year of tamoxifen
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Papillary Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Unemployed
- Age:
- 43
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Full throidectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering NY 2007. Medicine daily and calcium. I take levothy...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Multiple Myeloma
- Employment Status:
- FT
- Age:
- 46
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Stem Cell Transplant after Revlimid/Dexamethasone clinical trial brought disease to partial respo...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)
- Employment Status:
- Manager Independent Living Community (55+)
- Age:
- 46
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- My name is Brian Kay; I am 42 years young and married to my beautiful wife Kadi. We have lived in...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- papillary thyroid
- Employment Status:
- part-time under the table employment
- Age:
- 29
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 11/2007 full Thyroidectomy 12/2007- Iodine radiation (oral dose of radiation 200mc) 4/2008 lymph ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Thyroid Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Age:
- 43
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Total removal of Thyroid, two radioactive iodine treatments
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Metestatic Ovarian Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Unemployed
- Age:
- 37
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I have had countless rounds of infusion and IP chemotherapy, oral chemo and radiation along with ...
