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.
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Ovarian cancer
- Employment Status:
- Full time employee
- Age:
- 65
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- In December 2006 I had a complete hysterectomy with debulking. I had a porta-cath inserted eight ...
How do you feel today?
I feel great, I'm painting the kitchen, planting plants, moving furniture and generally doing everything I had in the past. Will return to work next week and schedule will be the same.
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Rare Lung Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Stay at Home Mom
- Age:
- 23
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- A new treatment that was found accidentally with my sister. The Herb Golden Seal or as some may ...
How do you feel today?
My Sister is doing wonderful today. She's in remission from her lung cancer for the second time.
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 1 Breast Cancer in left breast (1.4 cm tumor)
- Employment Status:
- employed full time as a Ph.D. level research scientist
- Age:
- 49
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- see my entry on March 7, 2009
How do you feel today?
Today is going well. I've been sleeping much better since I put some special foam on top of my mattress and changed my pillow. I had a colonoscopy last week since I'm approaching my 50th birthday. The procedure wasn't bad at all, and I had a really nice doctor. He found one polyp, but he thought it was probably benign. I should be re...
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Follicular thyroid cancer
- Employment Status:
- stay at home Mom
- Age:
- 53
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had two surgeries, the first to remove half of my thyroid to see if I had cancer, the second to...
How do you feel today?
I feel like I have been given a second chance at life. When I heard the news I was so dazed all I could think of was that my husband and I would not grow old together, I would not see my daughters graduate from school, I would not live to see my family anymore.
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Employed
- Age:
- 50
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Mastectomy followed by radiation. Now on Tamoxifen for 5 years.
How do you feel today?
I feel good. Just finished breast reconstruction. I have a bit of a problem with some pain in the reconstructed breast but overall feel ok.
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Breast cancer
- Employment Status:
- Employed
- Age:
- 42
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Surgeries including left mastectomy, port, bilarteral TRAM reconstruction, nipple reconstruction ...
How do you feel today?
Today, I feel great. My plastic surgeon released me last month after 2 years and 4 months. I am energetic and active. I continued to work out with a personal trainer during my treatments with short breaks due to limitations after surgery. In the last 6 months, I have started running with other survivors in 5K races. When necessary...
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Multiple Myeloma
- Employment Status:
- full time
- Age:
- 45
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Clinical trial with Revlimid and high dose dexamethazone. High dose chemotherapy followed by a s...
How do you feel today?
Amazing! Currently in complete remission of 30 months. I am in better shape now than I was before diagnosis. The compression fracture at T-12 has healed and no longer painful. So life is good!
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 1 Breast Cancer in left breast (1.4 cm tumor)
- Employment Status:
- employed full time as a Ph.D. level research scientist
- Age:
- 49
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had a biopsy in 2000 due to microcalcifications in my left breast, which were benign at the tim...
How do you feel today?
I feel pretty good and still look young for my age (exercise and highlights...can't beat it!). I'm a very active person and lead a healthy lifestyle (I was this way prior to the cancer, too). I went to an exercise class this morning and will be going out for an hour long walk shortly.
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
- Employment Status:
- Employed Full Time
- Age:
- 52
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Mastectomy, total lymph node removal. Dose-dense chemotherapy for 3 month.
How do you feel today?
I feel good! I am approaching the 5 year anniversary of my diagnosis and I must say that I feel almost as good as I did the day before I was told I had breast cancer!
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- I was Diagnosed with:
- uterine cancer
- Employment Status:
- less than part time
- Age:
- 36
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- immediate surgery within 3 weeks for 1 of 3 procedures and cancer staging
-remove cycts, testing
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How do you feel today?
grateful for being able to survive cancer because I have a son and daughter, a husband, my strong father; battling leukemia-mds, dialysis, diabetes,coronary heart disease, a strong mother who survived a major lumbar surgery and now has titanium rods in her back, developed diabetes and is learning to control, my sister Toni who juggles ...
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