Feb 29, 2024 | Survivorship
by Terry Arnold I recall the first time I woke up, and the initial thought of the day wasn’t the haunting notion of “I have cancer.” I initially overlooked that moment. It took me hours into my day to realize that my daily companion, the quiet fear,...
Feb 22, 2024 | Survivorship
My grandma and I were best of friends. We had so much in common. We loved Jason Bateman, a good drink and meal, to travel, and going to live theater. After I was diagnosed with cancer we suddenly had even more in common. We took a lot of the same medications. We...
Feb 22, 2024 | Family, Hope Stories, Survivorship
It was just beginning to get warm in April of 2010 when we took a trip to Galveston with our kids who were 12 and 3 years old. About this time my husband had noticed a small pea sized ball on my left breast, never had he told me that I needed to go to the doctor but...
Feb 14, 2024 | Mind & Body, Survivorship
September 20th, 2022 was a day I will never forget. It all started earlier in the month when, what seemed to be overnight, I started to develop a lump in my right breast. Knowing that I have fibrocystic breasts, I initially wasn’t overly alarmed. However, I decided I...
Feb 12, 2024 | Survivorship
by Cindy One thing that doesn’t get talked about a lot when you are in cancer treatment, is what happens after that treatment is done. You’re sent back into the world, but what are you supposed to do now? You have been in survival mode for months, focusing on...
Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories, Survivorship
by Amy I was by myself at the hospital when I found out I had cancer. It was 2020 and at the height of the Covid crisis. No one was allowed to go with me, so I ventured in alone. I never thought I’d actually have cancer. Mind you, I...
