To beat the odds, one with great courage and strength, a true inspiration
I'm a 2-time survivor!!! I know and learned twice that cancer can NOT win!!
In 2017 I was diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. I was a healthy, athletic, 32-year-old physical therapist with a huge mass in my colon that spread to my liver, abdominal wall, several lymph nodes, and both lungs.
“Your cancer is advanced,” the doctor says without filters and preparation. In the hospital emergency room, numb from narcotics with a cloudy mind, with my teenage daughter amid the Covid-19 pandemic- I was diagnosed with Lymphoma.
I am a breast cancer survivor diagnosed at the age of 39. I never imagined going through such a painful and difficult process and wondering why me, with more questions than answers.
Our team was based in San Bernardino and deployed to Ground Zero in New York shortly after the planes crashed into the twin towers.
April 28, 2010, I was diagnosed with Stage 1 Breast Cancer, I was 24 years old. I was diagnosed after having the lump for over 7 years.
Cameron was randomly throwing up for a few months and it was becoming more and more frequent.
At the end of 2011, I was walking around Mt. Rubidoux asking my creator what my purpose in life was, aside from being a mom and fulltime conference coordinator.
I’d been ignoring several signs (I’d heard before from a Michelle’s Place Representative) alerting me that I may have a problem.
I am a two-time breast cancer survivor. The first time I was diagnosed at the age of 22, and the second time at the age of 46.
To encourage health and wellness, our hospital promoted the importance of having regular mammograms, something I had not done in four years. Thanks to that campaign, I had a mammogram, and I discovered I had lobular breast cancer.
In 2011 I found a little lump on my left leg. I made an appointment with my primary Dr. and I was sent home and told not to worry about it.
My dog, Bodi (who was magical, by the way), gently kept placing his nose on the outer side of that right breast. We pretty much suspected something was just not right.
In November 2016, I had a constant ache in my right breast that shortly went away but something told me to pay attention to that area in my breast.
In the spring of 2018, I made an appointment with my doc because I had developed some dimpling on my left breast.
My cancer story began in 2013 with the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer.
In January 2019, I had constant pain in my right breast, and although I couldn’t feel anything unusual, I felt uneasy.
According to The American Cancer Society, about 1 in every 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. I never thought I would be that “one.”
My name is Maria Mertzel, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2019, at the age of 49. I did not have a history of breast cancer in my family, so it was a shock to have this diagnosis.
I asked myself why, in my family, there is no history of women with breast cancer. When I received my cancer diagnosis, I cried for two hours straight.
My journey was perplexing, but the recovery was a miracle from the Lord.
No history of cancer in my family, but after a biopsy, I was given the words no one wants to hear “YOU HAVE CANCER.”
My journey has been pretty good. I feel blessed because I am still alive, and I thank all the doctors at Loma Linda University Cancer Center.
I received my diagnosis on January 12, 2018. I had my annual mammogram, which found some calcifications.
In June of 2006 Ryan Howard Peake was in the best shape of his life.
In February 2018, my world was turned upside down I was told I had Stage III Meningioma.
My journey has been full of challenges, but it drew us closer together and taught us to cherish family and the simple things in life.
February 17, 2022, was the day that my world came crashing down around me. “Are you at home… do you have time to talk?”
