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 four inoperable
- Employment Status:
- working
- Gender/Age:
- Male/45
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Registered Nurse
- Gender/Age:
- Female/35
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Surgery, Chemotherapy, Radiation.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Classical Hodgkin's Lymphoma
- Employment Status:
- Full Time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/27
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I've had 6-cycles of ABVD, then 20 days of Radiotherapy. Treatment is still on going. I just fini...
- 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:
- Stage I Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Full-time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/54
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Lumpectomy; medication. I refused radiation.
- 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:
- intermediate grade invasive ductal carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- full-time
- Gender/Age:
- Female/42
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Found at exam 3/8; biopsied 3/9/12. Given diagnosis 3/16. Lumpectomy done 4/4 with 6 lymph nodes...
- 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:
- AML
- Employment Status:
- starting soon
- Gender/Age:
- Male/52
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia, and a stem cell transplant, I am post transplant by 180 days approximatel...
- 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.
