Survivor Stories & Information

When I was 14 yrs. old,  I started feeling intense pain in my arms and legs. By 16 we figured out that I had Fibromyalgia. The doctors and everyone else said that I was too young to have this disease, but that doesn’t really make a difference to your body. …

I found my own lump in the shower when I was 34 yrs. old. Scared to death I went to family planning services because I had no insurance.   I found out I had (DCIS) breast cancer and so began my many complications. I had 7 surgeries in one and a …

In 2010, I was 36 yrs. of age and it was the second time I felt a lump in my breast. I had felt one the prior year, but nothing was shown on the testing. I had a mammogram and ultrasound and was found to have two tumors; one of …

My name is Laura Parker, and I am a breast cancer survivor! I had two types of breast cancer, the most common AND the most rare: DCIS and Paget’s disease of the breast. It’s become a passion of mine to spread the word and make it more known about Paget’s …

I was 42 years old when I was diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer.  Cancer has never run in my family. I had chemo for five months then a double mastectomy and 39 rounds of radiation during 2012. I had reconstruction surgery with a horrible outcome. I had several surgeries …

My cancer was found by accident after passing out one evening. I was rushed to the hospital, and the CTA (computed tomography angiography) of my chest showed multiple [abnormal] lymph nodes everywhere. After a biopsy, I saw my first oncologist. He told me it was Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma-Stage 4 and …

In 2012, my husband was diagnosed with acute kidney disease w/renal failure. He was driving a truck at the time, making 10-day trips from Texas to New Mexico. We would go to his nephrologist each time we came in off the truck. On April 1, 2012, I started my period. …

I was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. After a double mastectomy and many trips for chemotherapy, I was in remission two years later. Five years and five months after that, the cancer came back behind my sternum. Radiation and chemo! Two years later, at my yearly scan, I …

I am now a stage 3 ovarian cancer survivor since April 8, 2011. At age 50, I had never missed my yearly female exam. I complained to my doctor about a painful knot in my pelvic area and pain down my leg. They sent me to the hospital, where I …

I was never really open about expressing my thoughts and takeaways of my illness until recently, and I think it is important to share how I feel about it. I was born with really small kidneys which medically is referred to as renal dysplasia. Unfortunately, I did not find this …