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Survivor Stories

Jennifer

Brain Cancer: I'm Not So...

I have been having "episodes" for as long as I can remember. They seemed hormonal, and I thought they were natural. They consist of deja vu, ocular field changes, and...

Karen

Urterus Cancer

I would see a dot of blood every once and awhile for almost a year when I went the bathroom. I could not tell if it was vaginal or rectal...it was that little, but it...

Gina

Laughing and Living after Canc...

My name is Gina Cook and I am addicted to life and laughter. I was diagnosed with Stage Three Breast Cancer at the age of 31. I am now 39 and so grateful for life and...

Luci

Ovarian Cancer Stage IV Surviv...

I was diagnosed in October 2010 with Stage IV Ovarian Cancer at the age of 42. After going through a hysterectomy with debulking and the convention regimen of...

Barbara

Crohns and stage 3 ovarian can...

I was used to left lower abd pain. I have Crohns disease. So I was mis-diagnosed for 6 months..."It's probably crohns, here's prednisone and pain meds." But this pain...

Lisa

Still Here!

Just wanted to let others out there, who've been diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian Cancer, or any other stage know that I am still cancer free since Feb. of 2007! 5 YEARS...

Lisa

Still Here!

Just wanted to let others out there, who've been diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian Cancer, or any other stage know that I am still cancer free since Feb. of 2007! 5 YEARS...

Michele

I Once Was Dead, But Now I Liv...

On July 27, 2011, at approximately 2 p.m., I was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer. What started as a precautionary colonoscopy turned into a life changing...

Jenny

Thyroid Cancer opened my eyes

I hate to call myself a survivor when there are so many brave men and women out their fighting far worse cancers than my own. I was lucky to be diagnosed with a cancer...

Jay

I am a survivor because of my...

My friend Mary developed Uterine Cancer and kept telling her GP doctor that something was wrong and to run a blood test that picks up cancer, her doctor continued to say...

Vicky

Stage 3G endometrial cancer an...

I am just now watching Anderson Cooper and Fran Drescher is on! She is my hero and the words she spoke are words I now speak to friends and family with symptoms that...

Carol

Cervical Cancer

For two years, and at least 5 healthcare providers, I was diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer. For two years I had constant heavy bleeding and was told that it...

Lindy

Radiation pros and cons?

I'm 56 and was diagnosed with uterine cancer in January of 2012. Less than a month later I had a complete hysterectomy. My cancer was Stage 1A, Grade 2. At my follow up...

Angie

Finally! A diagnosis!

I am NOT a patient person at all. I am even worse at not knowing what is going on-especially with my body! Needless to say, I fought hard for my diagnosis and my fight...

Marianna

LATE STAGE UTERINE CANCER

My name is Marianna and I am 61 years old. I am (almost) a three year cancer survivor. I learned I had stage 4 Uterine Cancer when I experienced a huge case of bloating/...

Virginia

Breast Cancer Survivor

November 23, 2009 was a day that changed my life forever. It was the day that I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Breast Cancer. I found the lumps in my right breast a couple...

Mary

Survived Uterine Cancer!

I had always had really bad monthly cycles and severe PMS symptoms before menopause. When I was in my forties, it became almost unbearable, and often, I would pass...

Kimberly

Leukemia- silent killer

I have been through a lot in my life. I know, a lot of people have. I wouldn't have ever thought I would be sitting in the doctor's office in March of 2011 being told I...

Janice

Janice's Global Cancer...

Hi * I am a Native New Yorker now living in Washington, DC. I am the first Models Editor of African descent for Seventeen Magazine, author of the Got It Goin’ On®...

Rachel

Uterine Cancer Survivor

Ever since I was eleven years old I have had issues with hemorrhaging during my menstrual "cycle". At fourteen I was finally put on birth control pills because I was...

Mary Ann

Mary Ann J.

I am an ovarian cancer survivor. I became very ill with stomach pains in January of 2009. I went to the emergency room in the town where my Mom lives (I was at her...

Donna

A Whiff of Cancer

I owe my life to my husband. Only two years after we were married, I began to experience changes in my period, including changes in odor, increasing menstrual pain...

Wendy

Wendy H.

Cancer does not read calendars or medical journals nor does it care what the government recommends. Cancer does not care who you are, how famous you are, or who loves...

Glenda

My Journey So Far

I am sitting here worrying about my six month check up, due early next month. I know that worrying about it won't change anything, but that doesn't stop my brain from...

Selena

Almost 6 years now!

In March 2006 I was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer at the age of 34. I had been having abnormal periods for about a year. The first doctor I went to told me I had a...

Shira

Surviving Ovarian

Inspired by Prince William and Kate Middleton's first official visit to Canada, I took a vacation with a best friend to celebrate Canada Day in Ottawa on July 1, 2011,...

elizabeth

Is there any other treatment b...

In October of 2010 all of a sudden i looked like i was 9months pregnent. So i went to the doctors. Next thing i know im having surgery. Then i was told that they found...

Maria

Uterine Cancer Survivor

Hi my name is Maria and in September 2010 I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Endometiral Cancer. I had suffered for years with very painful and heavy periods. In January...

Nathalie

Uterine Cancer Survivor

Hi girls, My name is Nathalie, I am 48 years old and I am Dutch (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). It took the doctors 2 years of examinations to decide that my uterus...

Barb

Surviving endometrial cancer...

i JUST FINISHED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, RADIATION TREATMENTS FOR ENDOMETRIAL CANCER ,ALSO i HAD TO GO THROUGH CESSIUM, WHICH WAS NOT FUN. i HAD 25 EXTERNAL TREATMENTS OF THE...

Linda

What do you mean, a year? (Th...

I began having mammos at 37. Never missed one. My mom had benign tumors removed when she was in her 30s, so I didn't want to take any chances. Did self exams, ate...

Luci

Ovarian Cancer Stage IV

My message to my fellow survivors (everyday you are alive-you are a survivor) you must never give up hope. It is easy to get caught up in all the statistics, but you...

Kim

Cervical Cancer

I was diagnosed in March 2011 with Cervical Cancer. After weeks of bleeding i just thought my hormones were off and i just needed a little help to stop the bleeding....

Ali

Endometrial Cancer Survivor

In March 2010, after several D&Cs and biopsies due to irregular periods, I was told I had cancer. I was shocked and angry because I'd spent the past three years...

Patricia

nanagrneyes

This is my 5th year of Uterine Cancer. I had a total hysterectomy in 2006 and luckily inlay had to only go thru radiation. I know I should say ONLY radiation, but that...

Nicole

Teen Melanoma Survivor

On April 10, 2007 at the age of 12 I was diagnosed with stage 1B Melanoma. I remember getting home from school and my Mom telling me that "we needed to talk". Of course...

Shellie

And Then There Were None....

A funny thing happened on the way to life. Three years ago I had my first mammogram. A little spot showed up that looked like a tiny white eraser. It was actually...

Madelyn

Listen to your body!

10 years ago , I found this magazine and there was a picture of you and Rosie. I read your article, I noticed I had same problems such as pain on my left leg ,...

marilyn

marilyn mcdonald

I am 55 and am an 18 month survivor of stage 4 large B cell Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. I had been healthy all my life. For several months I ignored symptoms of fatigue. As...

Mary

2 for 1 - Endometrial cancer a...

I was 40 years old when I was diagnosed with late stage endometrial cancer and a uterine sarcoma. Instead of going to the Gyn like I should've I shared with my friends...

Ada

They thought it was my appendi...

My story started Jan. 2005. At first I thought it was my appendix. Went to the E.D. A CT scan showed what they thought was a fibroid. So they referred me to a...

Michele

My journey to be cancer free

It all started when I was a 24 year old newlywed. I had a miscarrage and one appointment led to others needing a colposcopy they found that I had mild dysplacia and I...

Marisol

Learn To Love It? Are You Craz...

I was told back in 2000 that my cancer was inoperable, incurable and fast growing. Instead of taking the chemo that offered little hope, I turned to diet, nutrition and...

sandra

my cancer survivoral twice ov...

when i was just twenty-seven i went to my doctors and found out i had uvarian cancer stage 4. i had to have a full hestorecty. and i have been cancer free up until a...

Bernice

Ovarian Cancer Survivor

Ovarian Cancer: Ug, the "silent killer" I'm a survivor 11 months! Found early, Stage 1C, meaning the cancer had spread to the outside fluid. Luckily for me, I was...

Barb

Ovarian cancer and puberty, li...

I was like any other teenage girl in the 8th grade, or so I thought. At the age of 13 cancer wasn't even on my radar, I was worried about boys, homework and the mall....

Kelli Anne

Cancer Schmancer/Adenoid Cycst...

I was diaganosed on June 22nd 2010 of Aggressive Adenoid Cyctic Carsionoma(rare), my tumor was 3.9 by 3.8 cm by the time they took it out in September 7, 2010 six days...

Donna

Laughing From Behind...Memoirs...

I am a specimen of good health. And one day last year I chose to have my varicose veins treated. My husband is a doctor, so we thought nothing of it...that is until the...

Karl

Survivor Isn't Just a TV...

I was always told to be proactive in my healthcare, so at 40 I went in for my first colonoscopy. After about a week, I went back to get my results half-thinking it was...

Sherry

Welcome to the Pink Side

These are excerpts from the book Welcome to the Pink Side. I have also written a song called The Pink Side On May 19,2003 I got an invitation I never expected and one I...

ashley

my grandmother

this is not my story but it's my grandmother, Bridget's story. on febuary 21st 2011 my grandmother was diegnosed with cervical cancer. my family had issues at the time...

Rebecca

Breast Cancer Survivor

I received the terrifying news that I had breast cancer on January 3, 2011. I had forgotten my yearly mammogram the previous year due to going through a divorce. I wasn'...

George

A mans story of his little bat...

OK. I'm a man and this type of cancer doesn't apply to me unless my wife or female members of the family ever come down with it, but cancer is cancer one word that...

bren

THYROID CANCER AT 46 OUT OF NO...

i tell my story because i feel that woman are just, way too often, made to feel that there is something psychologically wrong with them when they say they know their...

Jeannie

Thyroid Cancer survivor

I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 1978...i was 22 and totally freaked out altho the diagnosis wasn't confirmed until I had the actual surgery. Fortunately the...

Martha

Uterine Cancer Survivor

On February 15th I celebrated my 6th anniversary of my last day of chemo. I was diagnosed with Stage IVb - it had spread a distance away from the original site and into...

Martha

Uterine Cancer Survivor

On February 15th I celebrated my 6th anniversary of my last day of chemo. I was diagnosed with Stage IVb - it had spread a distance away from the original site and into...

Christin

Christin germanyItaliy

HI fran, my name is christin and i am from germany but i live in italy milan...I am 25 years old.I like you so much and i love this page .....i hope that this page can...

Peggy

Mis-diagnosed for 18 months......

Hello, my name is Peggy and I turned 41 in February. I have a 20 year old son and a 4 year old daughter. I had infertility problems after I had my son in 1991. I...

Lacey

Uterine Cancer Survivor, 29

I've never had regular periods...ever. I started having super heavy periods around age 22; at 25 I had to have iron infusions because I was so anemic, my hematocrit had...

Marilyn

Breast Cancer Survivor

I was diagnosed with stage one estrogen receptive breast cancer in November of 2009. I was very lucky because it was picked up on my annual mammogram and it was so small...

Ava

Uterine Cancer Survivor

I was a 50 year old female in October of 2008 when my ob/gyn performed a d/c. He told me that my uterous was full of these mushroom like growths he had never seen before...

Saralyn

Endometrial Cancer Survivor

Hi all. I am a 58 year old mom of one grown son. In late August of 2010 after 2 years of NO periods, I started to have slight spotting after using the restroom. I...

B Jean

Uterine Cancer Survivor

I had gone through menopause pretty early and hadn't had periods for quite some time. I went through about a month of being very emotional and nutsy, then started light...

Rhonda

Uterine Cancer Survivor

In 2005, I started bleeding irregularly, so I went to a gynecologist that my co-worker recommended. My doctor retired, so I decided to go to this new doctor. I went to...

Iris

Do not have a hysterectomy unl...

Be careful not all GYNs are competent. I was made to believe that I was going to get cancer, and I was told that I had precancerous cells by a GYN with my having only...

Jessica

Ovarian Cancer Survivor

I used to celebrate my birthday on October 3. Now I celebrate on February 19, because that's when I truly began to live. I was 28 years old when diagnosed with stage 3c...

Moira

Endometrial Cancer Survivor

My name is Moira and I had quite a journey with endometrial cancer. I noticed bleeding (non-mensural bleeding), so I saw my family doctor and outlined my fears that...

Kendal

Ovarian Cancer Survivor

My name is Kendal and this is my story of being a survivor of ovarian cancer. My diagnosis came on October 13, 2000-it just happened to be a Friday-imagine that! The...

Jodie

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Su...

My story and subsequent health difficulties, have been an enormous challenge, but one I hope that will inspire and encourage you as you read on about my journey (www....

Elaine

Breast Cancer Survivor

Although my mother died of breast cancer, I guess I thought I would be older than 38 when I was diagnosed. (My mother's sister died of breast cancer, and I have a cousin...

Renne

Uterine Cancer Survivor

I am 32 years old and I got diagnosed with stage 1 Uterine Cancer in Jan of 2010. I have always had bad menstrual cycles but for some reason the week of my diagnose my...

Jan

Jan's story of the cancer...

I'd just would like to thank you for being a voice for women. I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at age 38. I felt the lump in my breast and it hurt, so I went...

Wendy

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Sur...

In December 2009, I noticed redness and swelling in my left breast. I made an appointment with my PCP. She put me on a round of antibiotics to treat Mastitis and...

Amy

Uterine Cancer Survivor

My husband and I were married for 7 years when we finally decided it was time to start trying for a family. I had just recovered from 2 major back surgeries and we...

Crystal

Uterine Cancer Survivor

I was diagnosed with Stage 1c, Grade 3 Endometrial Cancer in May, 2010. Every doctor I have had in my life has made me feel rushed, and made me feel like my questions or...

I'm a survivor too

Hi, just wanted to say that I'm a rape survivor too. Not a rape victim, but a survivor. Also, just wanted to let everyone know that my cancer was found by accident. I...

Kelly

Uterine Cancer Survivor

I'd been put back on the pill in 2000 to control my heavy periods and cramps after I gave up trying to get pregnant again at the age of 40. In 2005 I had been diagnosed...

Wilma

Breast Cancer Survivor

My ordeal began with a trip to my gynecologist. I had a basal mammagram at age 36, and was getting regular mammagrams up until I was 43. Working two jobs, I left...

Rosanna

Young Ovarian Cancer Survivor

It all began one day while grocery shopping. Something inside of me told me to buy a pregnancy test. I had no pregnancy symptoms but something made me buy a test. You...

Christina

I want to inspire "Mother...

I am the mother of the child in this story. January of this year we went to the emergency room with "blood in his stool". After numerous x-rays and scans that night, we...

Sher

Cervical Cancer Survivor

I wish my story was a little prettier but cancer is ugly.. so the show must go on. I had pain in my low stomach for months... so bad I would cry and cry and cry all day...

Cheryl

Breast Cancer Survivor

After uterine surgery in March, and a hysterectomy in April, I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May. I immediately had surgery and then spent most of the summer...

Kristy

don't have sex, it gives...

December 19, 2009 I was in the car with my mom and little sister, on our way to my grandparent's house for Christmas. My call phone rang and I answered, it was my doctor...

Kristy

don't have sex, it gives...

December 19, 2009 I was in the car with my mom and little sister, on our way to my grandparent's house for Christmas. My call phone rang and I answered, it was my doctor...

Randi

The Diamond Declaration

Diamonds - I’ve always loved them. Don’t get me wrong, but I used to be a gold girl, too. When I was a young girl, I wore my “s” chains and gold studs, eventually...

Jane

Uterine Cancer Survivor

I had felt very tired for a long time. I was easily fatigued, and had many of the symptoms listed on Cancer Schmancer for uterine cancer--but none of the other medical...

Amanda

Ovarian Cancer Survivor

I want to humbly thank fran for having this website set up. Information is power, and my story is this: I was diagnosed in 2000 with fibroids and their were signs of...

Melissa

Breast Cancer Survivor

I was working in a doctor's office in 1999 when I found a lump in my right breast. It hurt so I wasn't that concerned but the doctor I worked for set up a mammogram for...

Bonnie

Breast Cancer Survivor

The first week of August 2000, at the age of 44, I was diagnosed with what turned out to be stage 3 breast cancer. I stayed in denial from the moment I was advised by...

Jodi

Hodgkins Lymphoma Survivor

I had no symptoms that I knew of when I found out I had Hodgkins. It was a little over a month before my May wedding, 2010. I had been sick with some kind of a cold and...

Noelle

Ovarian and Uterine Cancer at...

Feb 03 I woke up to a sharp pain of my right side of my belly.. so a little while later felt a little better.. so I got up made coffee. Then the pain came back but it...

Susan

Cancer Schmancer, I say! My v...

Hello, My name is Susan, I was just diagnosed with Endometrial Hyperplasia With Atypia on June 27th, 2010, I was told by my gynecologist that if a radical hysterectomy...

Karen

Diagnosed with Stage 1 Endomet...

Last year, in November, my periods were extremely heavy and clotting. The clots would look like fresh liver in the grocery store. That's how thick it was. I would also...

Candace

Still surviving

I just had my 4th surgery, 2nd within the last 10, and this is the first cancer site I have found in the past 8 years (since my diagnosis) that incorporates humor, real...

Lauren

Ovarian Cancer Survivor

I am an Ovarian Cancer Survivor, Stage 4. I wanted to revisit your website because it had helped me while I was going through EVERYTHING. I am NOW I SURVIVOR. Don't...

Alysia

Breast Cancer Survivor

In December of 2007, I had my mammogram, and it came out clean. In March of 2008, while in the shower, I did a self breast examination and discovered a lump. I asked my...

Teri

Uterine Cancer Survivor

At age 51, I had gone thru Menopause 3 years earlier. One week before Christmas, two days before flying to NY with my mom and husband to visit my son in Manhattan, I...

Linda

Breast Cancer Survivor

I am a two time cancer survivor. When I was twenty-three years old I was diagnosed with uterine cancer. I had a hysterectomy and chemotherapy. At that time, chemo was...

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