First-Person Stories

By Tammy Phillips. My friend Tyra remembers very clearly the day when she discovered she had cancer.  That morning in

By Bob Reynolds. For the last five years Stephanie Kessler, of Lakewood, Colorado, has lived with a rare and aggressive

By Varsha Abraham. Dawn’s voice and thoughts are crisp, organized, and strong. She describes her cancer journey with clinical attention

Lung cancer survivor Sydney Collier tells her story. It was April 2016 when Sydney Collier was given the news. Stage

By Bob Reynolds. Kristi Wilson was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in April 2018.  She wasted no time starting

By Deborah Baker If you had asked me a few years ago, I would have said that I am the

By Varsha Abraham Alison Butler spends much of her time fighting for others. As a disability rights advocate, she helps

A beautiful calm would come over me on a soul level about my life and the direction I was moving.