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Pamela C. on January 26, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage IV Follicular Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (grade 2)
Employment Status:
Employed Full Time
Gender/Age:
38
Type and Description of Treatments:
8 Rounds of R-CVP Chemotherapy - every three to four weeks depending on blood count recovery
How do you feel today?
I feel good overall, yet anxious about the next couple of months. My last treatment is scheduled for tomorrow 1/27! Originally, it was for last week but my counts were too low so we postponed it.
Continue ReadingGail I. on January 11, 2010
I was Diagnosed with:
Ovarian Cancer
Employment Status:
employed
Gender/Age:
65
Type and Description of Treatments:
Chemo treatments of Cytoxan, Cysplatium, and Ariaycin 12 treatments three weeks apart.
How do you feel today?
Excellent. I am aware to stay active,exercise, eat correctly and pay close attention to my body. I do not have Osteoporosis because of the combination of diet and exercise.
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 ReadingKristen N. on December 4, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
IIA Ductal Carcinoma
Employment Status:
Unemployed
Gender/Age:
43
Type and Description of Treatments:
Bilateral Mastectomy with sentinel lymph node removal.
How do you feel today?
How do I feel today? Strong and Resilient are the words that immediately come to me. Tired and Raw are the words that sneak in when no one is looking. I have one final surgery left. Candidly, it's been a miraculous year full of ups and downs. My breast cancer is in remission and besides the on-going worry of recurrence; I am blessed to...
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 ReadingMonica G. on November 20, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
BREAST CANCER STAGE II
Employment Status:
ACTIVE
Gender/Age:
42
Type and Description of Treatments:
8 ROUNDS OF CHEMO EVERY 2 WEEKS + RADIATIONS 4 ROUNDS OF A/C 4 ROUNDS OF TAXOL DATE FOR CHEMO: ...
How do you feel today?
I am feeling like I was reborn again. A bit sore from my bilateral mastectomy and ovaries surgery. I couldn't be happier after receiving a phone call from my surgeon on Thursday, 11/19 that the pathology reports came back normal as expected. I was very nervous prior to surgery.
Continue ReadingCynthia S. on November 1, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage 2 Agressive Breast Cancer
Employment Status:
Full time corporate trainer
Gender/Age:
56
Type and Description of Treatments:
surgery chemotherapy radiation
How do you feel today?
Today, I am completely fine and suffer no long term ill effects whatsoever.
Continue ReadingValeria Z. on October 28, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
chronic myelogenous leukemia and Stage II breast cancer
Employment Status:
full-time
Gender/Age:
38
Type and Description of Treatments:
Gleevec (oral chemo for leukemia) and adromicin citoxin and taxol (iv chemo for breast cancer) A...
How do you feel today?
Today, I feel ok, I have my good and bad days but I have a lot of support from my family, friends, and co-workers to face anything that comes. Everyone that's around me knows in detail what I am going through because to me this is a fight that you don't fight alone. Cancer not only changes the life of the patient it changes the life ...
Continue ReadingLyella B. on October 25, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
ductal breast cancer first time second time hr2 positive breast cancer
Employment Status:
cna at a local hospital
Gender/Age:
55
Type and Description of Treatments:
First time had a lumpectomy and radiation. Second time double mastectomy and breast reconstructio...
How do you feel today?
As long as I WORK I don't worry too much. I am taking herceptin every 3 weeks, my last dose will be in December. I started this December 2008. Such an expensive drug. I have a great doctor which I trust.
Continue ReadingWendi S. on October 23, 2009
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage 2b, HER 2 pos, ER/PR pos breast cancer
Employment Status:
Full time
Gender/Age:
38
Type and Description of Treatments:
I had a bilateral mastectomy with 9 negative lymph nodes removed in September of 2008 and began c...
How do you feel today?
I feel incredible- thankful for amazing amounts of energy and beautiful people in my life.
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