Our Advocates & Their Stories

My oncology story started on March 2, 2012 when I returned for a 6 month follow-up mammogram after clustered calcifications had been identified at my annual mammogram in October of 2011. This mammogram was followed by a core needle biopsy, MRIs and a diagnosis of Stage II breast cancer. On .....

In 2017 my husband was diagnosed with squamous cell head and neck cancer. I spent months learning about his type of cancer, advocating for him, and educating community groups about head and neck cancer. In late summer of 2019, his doctor found his cancer spread to his lungs, lymph nodes, .....

Profound moments are rare in a person’s life. In fact, they are so rare, that people only have a couple of them in their entire life. This is a story about one of my profound moments. It starts out in the doctor’s office. A few days before, I saw a .....

I was diagnosed with follicular lymphoma (FL) in late 1997. I had been traveling internationally for business and noticed a very small pimple-like structure on my right temple, and thought, “as soon as I get back to the States, I will have it taken care of.” After going to a .....