I Am a Cancer Survivor Stories of Experiences

Diagnosed 3/12 with Neurofibrosarcoma or NSF. Finished up all my treatments and surgeries 2/13. I've had one post op scan but I always told myself I'd be alright if I could make it a year. I did have a small Melanoma tumor removed...

i am 10 years old and I use to have Leukemia. I fight it though it came back four times so far but im not going to stop fighting. Some day i want to find a cure for it. They say the most i will live to is 15. so I have to do everything...

As my mother in law has suffered 3 different types of cancer on 3 different occasions we have been looking desperately for alternative treatments, we hear about Coleotherapy. She is on her 50th day of the treatment and even if she has...

I was diagnosed with aggressive non-Hogkin's Lymphoma. I first had one round of radiotherapy, when the cancer was only located in my bone marrow. This lasted for six weeks. Shortly after those six weeks, the cancer spread to my spleen...

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I always thought that waiting for results was the hardest part. I have learned that it is not the hardest, in fact, I can wait without wondering now.

The hardest part is having someone tell you that you have cancer. I felt like I had...

Diagnosed in 2003 with Stage III Ovarian cancer (epithelial), things seemed pretty grim. My doctors encouraged me but (all in all) it was pretty clear that I was not facing a picnic with very great odds. After radical surgery...

When I was 11, I had a strange lump in my leg. We went to the doctor, and found out that it was a cancerous tumor. That night, I tried to kill myself. I obviously did not succeed, but I am a survivor. The cancer was at its first stage...

When I was 23 I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Squamous Cell on my left testicle. It was caught early enough to be removed in one surgery. I gladly now put up with annual full screenings, including colonoscopies. The diagnosis was HPV...

I met my husband in October of 2010, and in February of 2011 he proposed to me. I was so excited to start planning our wedding I could hardly contain myself. During that time I had been working at the local Children's Hospital as a...

Words cannot describe the shock you feel when first receiving your diagnosis. For me, it was mind-numbing. I literally could not think. For the first few days I went through a series of emotions, ranging from shock to fear, to pure red...

It's quite intimidating doing this. I almost don't want to, but I know that if I don't say what's on my mind, I'll go crazy. I've realised you can't talk to family about your fears of suffering and dying. My cancer diagnoses is not a...

About 6 years ago I was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphona. I already had a relationship with an excellent Oncologist due to a scare about a year earlier that turned out not to be cancer, so I went back to him. He said I had an 80...

Just a little background on my latest health issues. Two weeks ago, I was experiencing massive pain in my lower abdomen area... thinking it was a kidney infection or kidney stones. After a urine test and some blood tests, my urine test...

Cancer survivor sounds like a TV show so I rarely us that term but I am approaching the 10 year pointso I “survived” on the island called earth for that long post cancer surgery (thyroid cancer ) and the radioactive iodine and scans...

This afternoon, I finally got my pathology report from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN. I can gladly report that the cancer within my chest wall is FREE and CLEAN of any cancer cells. This is the best news I've heard in quite a while!

I had Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia 10 years ago. I barely survived- even my oncologist has said that he had not expected me to survive because of significant problems including brain hemorrhage/herniation, partial paralysis, and cardiac...

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies...

Hey Everyone! My name is Tory, I am 25 years old and I'm an almost 5 Year Ovarian Cancer Survivor.

I am starting a charity for young cancer survivors. As of now the ages I am focusing on are between 15 and 30 years old. The idea of the...

I was diagnosed with stage 4 non hodgkins t-cell lymphoma in1998 two days before my fifth birth. After two years of chemotherapy and a million infections I was cured. In 2007 I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes which may or may...