by Morningstar | Feb 22, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, 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...
by Gina | Feb 14, 2024 | Mind & Body Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
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...
by Cindy | Feb 12, 2024 | Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
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...
by Amy | Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
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...
by Aliki | Feb 9, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
By Aliki Cancer is a subject that a lot of people are afraid of, some tread around carefully, and others simply avoid discussing. And most, if not all, think that it will never happen to them. Until it does. In June 2022, at the age of 36 I was diagnosed with...
by Caryn | Feb 1, 2024 | Hope Stories Volume 1, Issue 1, Survivorship Volume 1, Issue 1
by Caryn Linn Yes, there are many things not to like about getting cancer and specifically Inflammatory Breast Cancer. I try to focus on all the things that brought me happiness and positive vibes along the way. When diagnosed in June 2015, I focused...