Anna 's Cancer Story - Lymphma and Endometrial Cancer
When I was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1983. I was treated with eight cycles of chemotherapy and one month of intensive radiation therapy at the Mass General Hospital in Boston, MA. It was a very hars…
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Heather's Breast Cancer Story - Breast Cancer Stories
In June 2004 I found a lump in my right breast, but because it was not painful, I had not given it a second thought. My twin sister had at least 9 lumps removed from her breasts and they were all ben…
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Krishna'a Cancer Battle - Cancer Patient Stories
25 rounds of intensity modulated radiation therapy along with 8 once weekly chemotherapy with two anti-cancer drugs given intravenously. after a week's hospitalization initially when I received the f…
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Stage II Breast Cancer - How It Changed My Life
As a triple negative patient I had to go through agressive chemo n had 15 rounds of chemo n 28 days of radiation....had lumpectomy done n lymph node removal too,1 positive..My operation was done in 2…
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Trish's Cancer Story - Colon Cancer and Ovarian Cancer
6 months of Chemotherapy had surgery first to remove part of intestines and removed Ovaries! Had Illeostomy bag i wore for 9 months then had a take down which was wonderful to get half way back to no…
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Lisbelle's Journey with Breast Cancer
Nov 2001 to mid-May 2002Tamoxal until Spring 2009relapse Oct 2009 (I knew about breasts, buttocks and jaw-line drooping when I'd hit 50 but wasn't warned that cancer cells could sink down to my ovari…
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How Kidney Cancer Changed My Life - Kidney Cancer Patient Stories
I found out in December 2010 and had the kidney removed in February 2011. I've needed no other treatment. I have had one 3 month follow-up that was all good. My next is coming up in September and I e…
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How Prostate Cancer Has Changed Richard
OPERATED ON IN 1994, HAD 38 TRIPS TO HOSPITAL ,APRIL THRU JULY 2000, NOW HAVE IMPLANT IN UPPER LEFT ARM ,CHANGED ONCE YEARLY ,INSTEAD OF HAVING A SHOT EVERY 3 MONTHS.NOW PSA HAS STARTED TO RISE AGAIN…
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LeeAllen's Battle with Breast Cancer
Several years on and off for breast cancer which included surgeries, radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Continuous treatment for pancreatic cancer, stage IV, for over a year which included radiation…
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Carol's Breast Cancer Story
I had two operations; a lumpectomy and because my margins were not clear a single mastectomy with reconstruction, no radiation or chemotherapy and drug therapy for 5 years; arimidex and tamoxifen. Th…
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How Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Changed My Life
In 1996 I underwent a right radical nephrectomy, with involvement into my Inferior vena cava also lost my right adrenal gland.In 2003 I had a 6cm tumor removed (Thorocotomy) from the upper left lobe …
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One Mother Deal's With the Loss of a Child - Patient Stories
Brittany had only a short time to undergo treatment, just 25 days. She fought for her life just as she fought during her years as a competitive athlete. The doctors originally gave her 48 hours and s…
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Michelle's Thyroid Cancer Story
It started in 2006 with my first surgery and Radioactive Iodine treatment. I have had 3 recurrences and I recently underwent a neck dissection to remove 30 lymph nodes. After that I had to undergo he…
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"I Started to Live Again" Hoe Cancer Changed Linda's Life
i had 6 R-CHOP cocktails IV ...one every month...followed by 15 radiation treatments . i chose a treatment facility that i really liked and was close enough to home that i could drive myself to and f…
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Tori's Battle with Breast Cancer
after my surgery, I had many tests to make sure I was healthy enough to take the chemotherapy and/or radiation. I was told chemo would do the trick along w/ the mastectomy. I was given my chemo every…
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