Cancer Survivors
Coping with Cancer
“I feel blessed I was able to return to the sport I love. It was really like a dream come true.”
This Patience Is Definitely a Virtue
by Lou Mulkern
No one knows exactly what was going through Patience Knight’s mind as she stood onstage at New York’s Columbia University accepting the Honda Inspiration Award. But as she listened to the click of the cameras, it’s safe to assume she was thinking one thing – “I’m a survivor!”
Been There, Done That
by Kimberly Srock Fields
The last time I went in for a round of post-transplant tests and reassurances that I am, indeed, still in remission, I visited the X-ray division once again. As I sat in the waiting area holding a red beeper and the key to locker #13, I was struck by a sense of recognition as I watched the young couple sitting near me.
From O. R. to P. R.
How Cancer Taught Me to Pursue My Dreams
by Fran Di Giacomo
I needed to write a book, and I had every opportunity an author would need to fail. As a professional artist and career cancer patient I’d been on chemotherapy for five years. I didn’t have a computer, fax machine, cell phone, or college degree. I just knew how to juggle multiple tumors, surgeries, chemotherapy sessions, art galleries, portrait commissions, and armies of medical staff, and how to enjoy life.
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