Patient Stories

A letter to CONQUER by Reverend Stephen Hollis Cobb.

George Ford was looking forward to retirement when, on January 5, 2009, a day before his birthday, he received a call from his doctor telling him that he had esophageal cancer.

Paige Lewis recalls being told that she has cancer.

Just 3 weeks after her 43rd birthday, and after discovering a lump on her left breast, Megan Knight learned that she had breast cancer.

Karen Rice offers her reaction to her cancer diagnosis.

Melissa Eppard tells her story of dealing with her children amidst a breast cancer diagnosis.

Megan Pomputius' book is based on her cancer journey through her daughter's eyes.

When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir by Dr. Paul Kalanithi that was published after his death; his wife finished the final chapter of the book.

Parenting can be hard enough when things are “normal.” Throw in a cancer diagnosis, and your world can spin out of control.

Breast cancer survivor Mary Ficco used Facebook as a way to detail her cancer experience, serving as an advocate to other women about the importance of health screenings and showing empowerment in the face of treatment.

After several weeks of hematuria (blood in the urine), lab tests, a visit to the emergency department, a CT scan, and a biopsy, Robert Aron, PhD, sat in the urologist’s office awaiting his results.