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:
- Secretary
- Age:
- 47
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Mastectomy and now chemotherapy
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage 3B
- Employment Status:
- Full time
- Age:
- 48
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Had a Left modified radical mastectomy with 29 lymph nodes removed. The cancer mass was 10cm, 28...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Employed
- Age:
- 44
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 16-20 Weeks of Chemotherapy Mastectomy and reconstructive surgery 6 weeks of radiation treatment
- 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.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- Realtor/Designer/Importer
- Age:
- 53
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had a lumpectomy with removal of 17 lymph nodes, followed by 4 months of chemotherapy and six w...
- 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 ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- triple negative breast cancer
- Employment Status:
- full time paralegal
- Age:
- 38
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I have been diagnosed with breast cancer twice before the age of 40. First time was on the left ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Mammary Carcinoma DCIS
- Employment Status:
- Employed full time
- Age:
- 55
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- 4 rounds of Adriamycin & Cytoxan 6 weeks of radiation- current, will then take Arimidex for 5 ye...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Angiosarcoma vascular in spine
- Employment Status:
- disability
- Age:
- 56
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Medication Zometa IV monthly
- 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...
