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:
- Stage 1c ductal carcinoma in situ her2 positive
- Employment Status:
- At time of diagnosis... Childcare Home
- Gender/Age:
- Female/48
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Lumpectomy followed by infusion of Adriamycin and Cytoxin every two weeks for a total of four tre...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage IIIB Triple Negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma (3 tumors) in Left Breast
- Employment Status:
- I was fired from my job as a litigation paralegal while going through chemo because I became too ill to work.
- Gender/Age:
- Female/60
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Left Mastectomy and Sentinel Node Biopsy Right Prophylactic Mastectomy Chemo: Adriamycin and Cy...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage II, Estrogen Positive
- Employment Status:
- Unemployed. No Income. No Insurance. Last job (in 2009) let me go when I became ill. Had a discrimination case. Depressed and Frustrated with job prospects.
- Gender/Age:
- Female/41
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Had chemotherapy from September of 2010 until November of 2010 (Cytoxin and Taxotere). Had a mast...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- stage four inoperable
- Employment Status:
- working
- Gender/Age:
- Male/45
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 2B Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/61
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had surgeries followed by 7 months of chemotherapy and 7 weeks of radiation. I finished Chemo o...
- 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:
- 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:
- 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 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:
- Stage IV NSC Lung Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Consultant -recently retired
- Gender/Age:
- Female/64
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- In the last couple of years, I have faced the return of my cancer, in the fluid of my lungs which...
