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Margot Larson on April 23, 2011
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage IV NSC Lung Cancer
Employment Status:
Consultant -recently retired
Gender/Age:
Female/64
Type and Description of Treatments:
In the last couple of years, I have faced the return of my cancer, in the fluid of my lungs which...
How do you feel today?
I feel great. I'm not as strong as I used to be nor do I have the stamina. Most people who meet me have no clue that I have advanced cancer.
Continue ReadingLesley L. on April 4, 2011
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...
How do you feel today?
Better than yesterday but still very tired. My body hurts, my eyes won't focus and I can't taste anything. Energy - what energy?
Continue ReadingSharice M. on February 16, 2011
I was Diagnosed with:
Update to Pancoast Tumor
Employment Status:
Long term disability
Gender/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 ...
How do you feel today?
Today I feel great. It's been over two years since I made my first entry and at that time I really didn't expect to survive but I was writing like I was tough and could handle anything.
Continue ReadingKelly S. on February 8, 2011
I was Diagnosed with:
Ovarian Cancer
Employment Status:
warehouse
Gender/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...
How do you feel today?
Today I feel pretty good. I'm 26 and have been going thru menopause for 2 years now. I still get hot flashes and have a very hard time sleeping.
Continue ReadingKathi K. on January 28, 2011
I was Diagnosed with:
DCIS
Employment Status:
working 80% of full-time
Gender/Age:
56
Type and Description of Treatments:
Partial mastectomy, no lymph node involvement, radiation, one year of tamoxifen
How do you feel today?
Basically good. Tired & out of shape, but finally out of the 2+ years of long-term post-treatment fatigue.
Continue ReadingJudith F. on May 23, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Papillary Cancer
Employment Status:
Unemployed
Gender/Age:
43
Type and Description of Treatments:
Full throidectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering NY 2007. Medicine daily and calcium. I take levothy...
How do you feel today?
I feel so much better as it has been three years. I have follow up every 4 months. I get depressed as it has made me lose my last two great jobs. It's hard to keep starting over when I need to be available for my medical appts.
Continue ReadingCindi M. on May 7, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Multiple Myeloma
Employment Status:
FT
Gender/Age:
46
Type and Description of Treatments:
Stem Cell Transplant after Revlimid/Dexamethasone clinical trial brought disease to partial respo...
How do you feel today?
I feel wonderful! Very blessed to be in remission, going on nearly 4 years. Active, with no limitations except my own self-induced stress!
Continue ReadingBrian K. on December 23, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
Renal Cell Carcinoma (Kidney Cancer)
Employment Status:
Manager Independent Living Community (55+)
Gender/Age:
46
Type and Description of Treatments:
My name is Brian Kay; I am 42 years young and married to my beautiful wife Kadi. We have lived in...
How do you feel today?
I have since gone to eating a vegetarian, plant-based diet and feel better that I have ever felt before. I am also drinking ionized alkaline water. This is produced with the latest in water technology. This is a machine that is government approved as a medical device and is available here in the United States and many other parts of ...
Continue ReadingSarah P. on November 24, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
papillary thyroid
Employment Status:
part-time under the table employment
Gender/Age:
29
Type and Description of Treatments:
11/2007 full Thyroidectomy 12/2007- Iodine radiation (oral dose of radiation 200mc) 4/2008 lymph ...
How do you feel today?
Since this is the third time that I am scheduling treatment and surgery I don't feel panicked. However my doctors have told me that they don't really understand why I keep getting lymph nodes that test positive in the needle biopsy. I may need to find a new doctor but I am not sure if that would help or just disrupt my treatment.
Continue ReadingNancy Jean C. on September 8, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
Thyroid Cancer
Employment Status:
Full Time
Gender/Age:
43
Type and Description of Treatments:
Total removal of Thyroid, two radioactive iodine treatments
How do you feel today?
Today I feel great - I feel lucky. I have had my not so good days but have really made it thru with the help and support of my family.
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