My name is Sandra Yohanna,  and I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Vulvar Cancer on December 11, 2017 at the age of 36. I had problems on my vulva for nearly 7 years prior to diagnosis. After more than a year of dealing with this horrible itch that wasn’t going …

Hi all, I am in the early stages of getting information. I noticed a lump a year ago, but my insurance made it hard to find doctors. I was finally able to locate one covered and he is a great surgeon. I now have a wonderful oncologist and will be …

On February 27, 2019, I was sitting in my surgeon’s office when he walked in and said it wasn’t good news. I felt like this isn’t happening with being 35 and not having history of cancer. I have two teenage daughters how am I supposed  to tell them? I had …

This August will mark eight years since I completed treatments (chemotherapy & radiation) for breast cancer. I am a Survivor! My cancer was caught early due to the forward thinking of my family doctor, who had been ordering mammograms for me due to my family history, even though I was …

May 11, 2016 will forever be a date embedded in my mind. That was the day that after hospital stays, blood transfusions from nearly bleeding out, and two surgeries (D&C and hysterectomy) that I learned that the part of me that was supposed to allow me to help bring a …

I was diagnosed with breast cancer 10 days before my 50th birthday on November 6, 2012. My family doctor felt a tiny lump in my left breast when I had gone in to have her check out a cyst in my right breast. I had a mammogram on a Friday …

In June 2015, I went for an annual mammogram and it was abnormal. I was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer on July 8, 2015. It was my husband’s birthday and it hit him harder than me. I went to church that evening and prayed and was prayed over by …

The power in my story is my faith in prayer. I had the best oncologists and radiation technicians. I also knew God had his hand in their decision for the amount of radiation I needed and the type and amount of chemotherapy I needed. Friends and family had prayer chains …

On May 22, 2015, I went in for a routine colonoscopy. They found what they suspected was cancer. After further tests, consultations, etc, I had surgery several days later. They removed about 10 inches of my colon and a bunch of lymph nodes. On June 2, 2015, it was confirmed …

Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma (ESS) is very rare; affecting 2-6 women of one million. June 3, 2019, was the day of my diagnosis after being hospitalized for hemorrhaging with no previous symptoms. I had surgery the next day, and that July I began chemotherapy. I completed chemotherapy on October 30, 2019. …