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I am a 3rd generation breast cancer survivor. My maternal grandmother, maternal aunt, and my mother all survived breast cancer before me. My yearly mammogram found something in my left breast in 2016. I couldn’t feel it, neither could my doctor. A biopsy was performed and sure enough, it was …

July 31,2021 is a day I will never forget. I was going in to the breast center for a follow up to my routine mammogram. I had many other summer plans that afternoon. Within 30 minutes, my whole world changed. I had 3 biopsies that same morning. Within a week, …

It started with an abnormal Pap smear, then went to dysfunctional vaginal bleeding. I was diagnosed a week before Christmas back in 2004. I went through 28 external radiation treatments, 3 low dose chemotherapy treatments. and 2 brachytherapy sessions. I have so many side effects from treatment. To this date, …

“Don’t blink” In the blink of an eye your whole life can change. That’s where my story starts. From an ordinary normal day to everything being turned upside down. One moment, I am just walking into my gynecologist for a check up; blink… the next thing I know, I have …

It’s been 7 years now since I was diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer. I never believed I would make it this long. Initially, in August 2015, I was told I had a hole in my colon and I was dying, and needed emergency surgery because I became septic. I …

The year was 2010, I just started a new career path, my son was graduating from UW LaCrosse and my daughter was finishing her first year at UW Stevens Point. My niece was engaged and set to get married in October. I can’t express how excited our family was. So …

Going for a routine checkup at the doctor, I was hoping to have an uneventful visit, especially coming from my recent MS diagnosis. Hearing a diagnosis of osteoporosis was the last thing I needed, but that was exactly what happened. At the time, it seemed like the least of my …

Hello, my name is Chrystal, and I was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer in March 2021 at the age of 36. It all started in December 2020 with continually having some very sharp pains in the lower right side of my stomach. These pains kind of felt like labor …

On July 16, 2021, I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer. It was honestly a shock to me and my husband. For years I thought and was told my symptoms were related to depression and stress but knew it was something else. I never would’ve thought it would be cancer. …

“I have cancer…” There has not been a single person in history who ever wanted to utter those words. Those three little words represent suffering, death, shattered dreams, lives forever changed, etc. Words in general, can be a funny thing. They are powerful! Somehow, words have a way of impacting …