I have stage 2 breast cancer. I’m half way through my six rounds of chemotherapy. I am not sure what comes next but ready for anything. I’m learning to love and live life. I’m helping others as I go through this. No women is alone in this, we are doing …

My name is Renee and I’m 27 years old. I never thought I would be called into the doctors office as I received the dreaded call, The words still are clear in my head, “It’s about your pap smear, it came back as abnormal. Could you come in and discuss …

Unfortunately, as of Thursday, January 23, 2014, I am another victim of breast cancer! It was certainly hard grasping what the doctors were telling me, sending my head into a tail spin! They found two tumors, one in my right breast and it spread to my lymph node! It was …

I was diagnosed with tongue cancer at the age of 43 and soon after my diagnosis I underwent surgery on my tongue. It was extremely painful and it was difficult to communicate with my family. Six months later a PET scan showed more cancer and I underwent a more radical …

I was first diagnosed in 2009 with vulvar cancer and had a partial vulvectomy. I had six weeks of radiation and seemed to be on the road to recovery. After a year my tissue started falling apart from radiation damage and I went through a couple years of treatment with …

I have had heavy periods for months which led to anemia. I went in for my regular pap and it came back with abnormal cells. After having a colonoscopy and biopsies done, my came back positive for stage 1 cervical cancer. Being in my late 40’s and already a grandma, there was …

In 2002 I tried rollerblading. After a week and a half my leg was very sore. I tried everything but the boot kept hitting my leg. I was left with a very ugly bruise that took months to completely heal so I gave up rollerblading. Over the course of a …

On March 18, 2014, I went in for my yearly mammogram. There was a suspicious area and they immediately did an ultrasound, which showed the same. Then they scheduled me for a needle biopsy. This happened on March 28, 2014. The results of this biopsy came back “benign.” My surgeon, …

After my third birthday party my parents found bruises all over me like someone had beat me with a baseball bat. They took me to the doctor and found out that I had leukemia. I can remember going an getting my blood taken a lot. They told my parents that …