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6-12Months

How do I move forward

Christina J. on June 9, 2022

I was Diagnosed with:

Metastatic/Stage IV Breast Cancer (MBC)

Employment Status:

Full Time; Salaried

Gender/Age:

Female/33

Type and Description of Treatments:

Targeted Treatment; CDK 4/6 Inhibitor; Ribociclib [Kisqali] (600mg - 3x200mg tablets once daily) ...

How do you feel today?

I feel okay physically, but worried about work. Targeted treatment is 3 weeks on/ 1 week off. This is my off week. My last on week, last week, I had difficulty working past 6 hours a day due to fatigue.

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5+Years

Crossroads

Rob B. on April 20, 2022

I was Diagnosed with:

Stage IV Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma

Employment Status:

Working but on leave

Gender/Age:

Male/42

Type and Description of Treatments:

Just started a targeted therapy combination of lenvatinib and everolimus a few days ago. Was pre...

How do you feel today?

I work at an executive level at a regional college. I have been working in this capacity for over 5 years. During this time I learned to manage the side effects of my cancer treatments and, with the exception of a very few well trusted coworkers, have managed to keep my cancer a secret. Unfortunately l the side effects of the clinic...

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0-1Months

Lost and Confused

La Shawn J. on March 16, 2022

I was Diagnosed with:

Stage 2 TNBC

Employment Status:

Part Time

Gender/Age:

Female/37

Type and Description of Treatments:

Chemo (ACT), then surgery, then radiation

How do you feel today?

I feel alright, I'm just confused about whether or not I will continue to work.

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5+Years

Newly Metastatic

Anne G. on February 17, 2022

I was Diagnosed with:

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Employment Status:

Full-time but on leave

Gender/Age:

Female/38

Type and Description of Treatments:

I was first diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in 2016, had a stage 2 local recurrence in 2019 ...

How do you feel today?

Nervous about starting back to work and how I will make needed changes to both take care of myself physically and still be a leader at work.

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1-3Months

Preventive Care

Nancy F. on January 19, 2022

I was Diagnosed with:

Cyst to cancer

Employment Status:

Employed

Gender/Age:

Female/55

Type and Description of Treatments:

My original diagnosis in 2020 and 2021 via ultrasound was that i had a small cyst in my breast th...

How do you feel today?

I had the lymph node biopsy, nipple delay was done on January 11, 2022 and I am scheduled for a bilateral mastectomy on January 20, 2022 (tomorrow). I'm a little nervous because my family lives in New Jersey and I live in Virginia. I don't know what to expect and too scared to use google as my source of truth. My underarm is swollen...

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1-2Years

ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Dorry L. on December 2, 2021

I was Diagnosed with:

Stage 4 Neuro endocrine cancer

Employment Status:

Social security disability

Gender/Age:

Female/54

Type and Description of Treatments:

Had chemo every 21 days for 6 months.

How do you feel today?

Blessed. Cancer is currently in remission. Wake up every day thanking God but also questioning God if today is the day it returns.

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6-12Months

Happy News/Good Day

Renee S. on September 24, 2021

I was Diagnosed with:

Papillary urothelial carcinoma (Bladder Cancer)

Employment Status:

Employed- out on state disability

Gender/Age:

Female/54

Type and Description of Treatments:

TURBT- Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor followed with chemo-Gemcitabine instilled in blad...

How do you feel today?

I am ecstatic that there was not a recurrence. The cancer I have has a 50% recurrence rate. Today was my 3rd scope and it showed no cancer, but will continue maintenance chemo.

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2-5Years

Still fighting

Harish T. on August 11, 2021

I was Diagnosed with:

Multiple myeloma

Employment Status:

Now unemplyment

Gender/Age:

Male/49

Type and Description of Treatments:

I got treatment in still 2019 Dec with valcde and linalidomide. After that I did bone marrow tran...

How do you feel today?

It’s ok now.

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2-5Years

gastroesaphageal cancer.

Angela A. on April 18, 2021

I was Diagnosed with:

remission

Employment Status:

part time

Gender/Age:

Female/55

Type and Description of Treatments:

chemo radiation

How do you feel today?

very good

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2-5Years

Life is hard, God is good!

Cyndi K. on April 8, 2021

I was Diagnosed with:

Stage 4 Rectal Cancer that spread to Uterus

Employment Status:

Not, still healing..to try to return to the working world..

Gender/Age:

Female/54

Type and Description of Treatments:

28 Days of Chemo and Radiation then 5 months clean up chemo.

How do you feel today?

Challenged

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