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:
- Chronic Mylogenous Leukemia
- Employment Status:
- Employed Full Time
- Age:
- 50
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Have had several bone marrow biopsies. Am now on Gleevec 400 mg for the rest of my life.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Ovarian IV
- Employment Status:
- employed
- Age:
- 57
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 2nd round chemo - gemzar
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage IV Colon cancer with metastis to the liver
- Employment Status:
- I have recently retired.
- Age:
- 59
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- As you will see, my cancer history and treatment have been quite complicated. My original diagno...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Breast cancer 2000, Epithelioid Sarcoma 2005
- Employment Status:
- currently employed full time, though was let go from my last company during treatment process.
- Age:
- 31
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- for most recent cancer: 3 surgeries, 6 weeks radiation and enough drugs to put me on the DEA’s m...
