I was 52 years old and I had not been feeling well for a while. I had stomach discomfort. However it was never very painful. I realized I was often…
I will be 50 by the time the race is! I am living because I listened to my body. Praise the Lord. I am a mother of two, a wife,…
I am a sixty-two year old single female. I live alone with my lovable cat, but also have a wonderful daughter, a son-in-law & two adorable grand kids, ages 8…
I am 46 year old wife, mother and sister ect. Who loves life to the fullest!! I have a husband who I grew up with, we’ve been together since we…
I’m a high school English Teacher in the New York City Public School System. There has been a history of cancer in my family. My grandfather had an intestinal cancer-…
My true feelings about this diagnosis? I am MAD! Ever seen a bull ticked off? That is how I felt initially and still do at times…I don’t have time for…
Currently retired, but I spent 40 years as a Radiologic Technologist (X-Ray). I always swore that no one would ever do that to me. X-ray was used early on when…
It was December 3rd; I just finished working a long shift when I started to tell my Aunt Bear that I haven’t been feeling well. I was always tired, never…
My name is Gordon Dewhurst and this is my story. I retired from the Federal Government in 2003. Shortly after my retirement, we moved from the Washington D.C., area to…
It was my 26th birthday. I was riding a rickety bus through the mountains in Morocco, on my way to Peace Corps’ obligatory mid-service medical check. My cell phone rang,…