Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this group.  I was diagnosed in July of 2018 stage 3 T2N1.  I went through 6 weeks of Chemo and 28 radiation treatments.  Surgery on 11/26/18 removed half of my esophagus and 1/3rd of my stomach along with related lymph nodes.  My first surgery failed

I remember having stomach issues and going to G.I doctors in the hope of finding out why. One day I had a routine follow-up appointment with the rheumatologist. She asked me how I feel. I went through a series of biologic medications to treat my chronic arthritis. I remember saying to her ” I’m going

I found out I had cancer when I went to use the bathroom and I had my period. I panicked because I had not had a period in 10 years. I sent a message to my PCP and she told me to come in right away. When I went in I was scared not knowing what

I was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian Cancer in August, 2018.  I started chemo in September, had surgery in November of that year and more chemo treatments.  After thirteen rounds of different and same chemo infusion over the last five years, I still have cancerous tumors on my lymph nodes.  I am still on chemo

I’m Jennifer -I’m 50 —- I was diagnosed February 2023 —- I am a Type 1 Diabetic, I have Lynch Syndrome but I’m generally healthy—- I’m a nurse and a fitness instructor so here is my small story about the turmoil I had of “ringing the bell “. The Arby’s Bell I rang it! That

Last spring my husband and I spent the day at a spa enjoying mineral and sulfur baths, clay mud and the moisturizing grotto cave. The next day I noticed a beauty mark on the side of my stomach bleeding. I thought it must be dry skin from all the exposure the day before, so I

My story began in February of this year. I was diagnosed with a localized, uterine cancer, that surgery should have taken care of. Being New Englander’s, my husband and I get through the winter by making plans for summer fun. So that is what we were busy with. This surgery being anything but routine was

10 years ago I was put in the hospital for cancer where I stayed for the next half of a year. My doctors were waiting for the type of lymphoma I had  2 years before they knew the signs of cancer of lymphoma but waited till I could be treated. The cancer started in my

Twenty days after celebrating my 45th Birthday & 1 week after my biopsy I received a call from my GP with my diagnosis of Stage 2 invasive ductal carcinoma.  However, I would not know the true diagnosis until I met with the cancer surgeon days before my scheduled mastectomy I was immediately placed on the