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:
- Lymphoma
- Employment Status:
- unemployed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/55
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma Stage 4. Currently undergoing chemo. Just had my first 3 sessions cons...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Stage IV
- Employment Status:
- unemployed
- Gender/Age:
- Female/50
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Chemotherapy- Avastin Abraxene, Neulasta, Right Mastectomy, Radiation, Left skin sparing Mastecto...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Update to Pancoast Tumor
- Employment Status:
- Long term disability
- Age:
- 50
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- After my first entry into the Collective Online Diary Questionnaire,12/28/08, I had 1 surgery to ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Ovarian Cancer
- Employment Status:
- warehouse
- Age:
- 26
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- I had a full hysterectumy. I didn't qualify for chemo or radiation because I was in the 1st stage...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- base of tongue cancer
- Employment Status:
- full time
- Gender/Age:
- /54
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- My treatment was a radical neck dissection, Chemo and radiation.
- I was Diagnosed with:
- DCIS
- Employment Status:
- working 80% of full-time
- Age:
- 56
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Partial mastectomy, no lymph node involvement, radiation, one year of tamoxifen
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Lymphoma
- Employment Status:
- Age:
- 56
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Stage 2 Lymphoma, Chemo and radiation
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
- Employment Status:
- family medical leave
- Age:
- 46
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- breast exam 7/13/10, mammogram & ultrasound 7/15/10, biopsy 7/16/10, dx with breast ca 7/20/10 & ...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Stage two Breast Cancer
- Employment Status:
- N/A
- Age:
- 46
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Chemotherapy, Surgery, Radiation, Her2 positive. Surgery was not available prior to the chemo bas...
- I was Diagnosed with:
- Papillary Cancer
- Employment Status:
- Unemployed
- Age:
- 43
- Type and Description of Treatments:
- Full throidectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering NY 2007. Medicine daily and calcium. I take levothy...
