Survivor Stories & Information

I suffer from a lot of different symptoms of several different conditions. In 2013, I was diagnosed as fibromyalgia and told I had symptoms and bloodwork that indicated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) without the rheumatoid factor. Almost two years ago, I got a positive ANA pointing to Lupus SLE, then another …

The First Signs On Thursday, August 26, 2004, I woke up with a slight pain above my right eyelid along with blurriness in my right eye and a headache. I called my family doctor and he told me if it wasn’t better by Friday to call back. When he called …

It started in 2014. I had not been feeling well for some months, like I had serious allergies, a little sore throat and some anxiety and stress. Not really having any major issues, I put it off for a while. Then I started with the ENT, and decided to get …

This all started when I was 16 years old ..when I should have been enjoying life, but instead I was starting a path through HELL. First it began when my dad was caught cheating on my mom with the lady who happened to be my boss at work. I was …

I have battled breast cancer multiple times. I had it in 1985, 1997, and 2015. It has been a long journey, but by the grace of God and with support from friends I met on a cancer website, I am here to watch my kids and grandson grow up ❤. …

I went to the hospital at the end of December for chest pain and pain on the left of my lower neck. I thought it was related to my Atrial fibrillation (Afib), but while completing an MRI they found renal cell carcinoma on my left kidney. By the end of …

On Friday, November 13th, I was told that I had breast cancer. I thought I’d fall apart, but I took charge and opted for a double mastectomy with reconstruction. I was mad that my ‘girls’ had let me down and knew that they had to go! I had surgery on …

In January of 2010, my annual mammogram showed no problems. I was almost 58 years old. Then, in July that same year, I felt a lump on the top of my left breast. I waited until November to see if it would go away on its own. When it didn’t …

I was introduced to cancer on Valentine’s Day of all days. I knew it would raise its devilish head one day, I just didn’t know when or where on my body. I guess you could call it woman’s intuition. My mother fought ovarian cancer for 6 years, and believe me, …

I have lung cancer. I had my follow up scan Monday and spoke with my doctor this morning. The cancer is slow growing, and there are some new spots. Fortunately, there is nothing outside of the lung. I will have another scan again in April to see where things stand. …