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:
- Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Full time
- Age:
- 43
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had 6 rounds of chemo and am now completing 28 radiation treatments. I had a bi-lateral mastec...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Tubulobular Carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Age:
- 41
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Surgery 15 weeks AC 12 weeks taxol Radiation Hormonal treatment
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 3 Inoperable Lung Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Self - Employed
- Age:
- 61
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Aggressive chemo treatment: Cisplatin + Etoposide daily for 6 consecutive days, two weeks off, 6 ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Breast cancer stage II
- Employment Status:
- unemployed
- Age:
- 60
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 2 surgeries, chemo, radiation, hormone therapy
