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Cynthia M. on April 26, 2019
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage 3 lung cancer right lung , second diagnosis 05/16/18 left lung
Employment Status:
Employed
Gender/Age:
Female/62
Type and Description of Treatments:
Radiation, chemo, surgery, more radiation and chemo; 7 months total treatment.
How do you feel today?
Glad to be be alive! However, having a difficult time; need to continue working for healthcare yet having difficult time finding employment that will allow life-work balance. Very difficult to find employment that has healthcare benefits that allow that balance.
Continue ReadingCarol S. on April 20, 2019
I was Diagnosed with:
Multiple Myeloma
Employment Status:
Part Time
Gender/Age:
Female/59
Type and Description of Treatments:
Four cycles of chemotherapy, high-dose chemotherapy, bone marrow transplant, maintenance therapy
How do you feel today?
I have some issues with fatigue, but overall I feel pretty good. It's eleven months since my transplant and I have resumed most of the activities I enjoyed before diagnosis. The chemotherapy and transplant were a success. I am in complete remission.
Continue ReadingKeri W. on March 23, 2019
I was Diagnosed with:
Stage two breast cancer (Ductal carsonoma)
Employment Status:
Unemployed
Gender/Age:
Female/38
Type and Description of Treatments:
Went through six rounds of chemo, seven hr treatments, then had a bilateral mastectomy surgery in...
How do you feel today?
Almost three months after my mastectomy surgery I am now 100% cancer free.
Continue ReadingMariette R. on March 19, 2019
I was Diagnosed with:
Uterine tumor
Employment Status:
Disabled /unemployed
Gender/Age:
Female/29
Type and Description of Treatments:
Currently still in recovery. It was years ago but cancer is complicated and I honestly claim to b...
How do you feel today?
Today I am hopeful & happier.
Continue ReadingDavid H. on February 14, 2019
I was Diagnosed with:
Glioblastoma Mutliform Grade 4
Employment Status:
Disability
Gender/Age:
Male/32
Type and Description of Treatments:
Craniotomy 100% resection of a golf ball sized tumor. Treatment plan 6 weeks of radiation and che...
How do you feel today?
Fantastic we just got done with our 6 month MRI it was clean!! Praise God!
Continue ReadingCassandra W. on December 17, 2018
I was Diagnosed with:
Rhabdomyosarcoma
Employment Status:
unemployed
Gender/Age:
Female/29
Type and Description of Treatments:
At the age of 2 I had a tumor that was visibly growing out of the left side of my neck, inside my...
How do you feel today?
I dont feel like i will ever be the same. theres so many late side effects when going through it as a child.
Continue ReadingSabrina S. on December 4, 2018
I was Diagnosed with:
Colon Cancer Stage 3C
Employment Status:
Part Time
Gender/Age:
Female/44
Type and Description of Treatments:
Stage 3C Colon Cancer Sigmoidectomy and Chemotherapy
How do you feel today?
I have neuropathy from the chemo. As a nail tech and a microblading artist before diagnosis, I cannot return to my career. I am currently working part time at a pack and ship store. I dont think i can work fulltime. The neuropathy in my feet can get painful. The neuropathy in my hands has improved but they get cramped up if I use it f...
Continue ReadingMatthew B. on April 26, 2018
I was Diagnosed with:
Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, ALK negative
Employment Status:
Social Security, Total and Permanent Disability
Gender/Age:
Male/46
Type and Description of Treatments:
I recieved 6 rounds of CHOP+E chemotherapy from June 2016 to December 2016. At the end of Januar...
How do you feel today?
Same as everyday. Very difficult to get going after waking up in the morning. It always feels like it takes until 5 in the afternoon before I feel fully awake. I try to exercise but the toll the stem cell transplant and other treatments have taken on me is profound. I used to be a marathon runner but the effort of running even 1 mile...
Continue ReadingRobyn G. on March 5, 2018
I was Diagnosed with:
Tonsil
Employment Status:
on Disability
Gender/Age:
Female/52
Type and Description of Treatments:
Tonsil (Head & Neck) cancer. After 6 months of 4 Emergency room visits (from Feb - August 2012) c...
How do you feel today?
I feel pretty good and healthy. Still dealing with side effects, ear pain, have half my hearing and poor eye sight. In early fall of 2016, I went thru 2 cataract surgeries (both eyes, including lenses and 6 months later 2 laser procedures (both eyes). I no longer have chest pain and have weened myself off of Morphine, while still on Hy...
Continue ReadingAmanda M. on February 27, 2018
I was Diagnosed with:
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Employment Status:
Unemployed
Gender/Age:
Female/35
Type and Description of Treatments:
I was out of work for 6 months going through 3 rounds of chemotherapy where I had to be in the ho...
How do you feel today?
I feel great! and I'm ready to work, even if it's just part time.
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