Cancer Stories

I have one more cancer story to share with you, from Becky: “I am a 55 year old married mom of 3, 2 daughters both BRCA 2+ and a son who has also tested positive. I also have 3 grand kids ages 7,5 and 3. I was dx in September of 2009 with stage 3C […]

Since this is OC awareness month, and it is soon coming to a close, I wanted to share someone else’s story. Please read about Beverly, one of my Teal Sisters on a group I am a part of on Facebook! “On May 9 2014 I noticed some slight swelling in my stomach. By May 16

I’ve slacked off a bit with monthly updates for cancer awareness. *blushes* I’ve jumped back into it in the month containing the most cancers for the entire year. As I have since coming full circle, I will not go into full detail for all the cancers, and will instead push you towards last year’s entry:

May brings two types of cancer to forefront: brain cancer and melanoma/skin cancer. Brain cancer is represented by the grey cancer ribbon, and melanoma and skin cancers are represented by the black cancer ribbon. To see last years post with more information about these cancers, click here. As always, know your body!

I’m a bit late getting to the cancer awareness post for this month. (Partially because I’ve been feeling so lousy, lately.) April is a fairly busy month, with head and neck cancers, testicular cancer, and esophageal cancer laying claim to it. As I’ve done since posting through every month so far, I will only touch briefly

On my ovarian cancer awareness page in the menu, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes get only a brief mention, buried in the “causes and risk factors.” But, stories lately, such as with Angelina Jolie getting a proactive mastectomy, are bringing these dangerous genes into the light. And what better way to promote it: if Angelina

I seem to have come full circle with my monthly cancer awareness posts. Rather than post again, and duplicate all this for another year, I will simply link to it, after giving a shorter talk. March lays claim to colon (colorectal) and kidney cancers, which are the dark blue and orange ribbons, respectively. For kidney

A few days ago I posted about Heather Von St. James’ awareness project called Lung Leavin’ Day. (See original post here.) Well the day is finally here! (February 2nd) Please help spread the word to put the spotlight on mesothelioma. You can check out Heather’s awareness page, about Lung Leavin’ Day. Also, please check out her interview on

As we move into February, we hit National Cancer Prevention Month. It kind of ties in with my local Relay For Life’s theme for 2014: “Cancer of Many Colors”. We need to stop focusing on just pink, and realize that breast cancer is not the only cancer. Prevention covers lots of things. Sure, for breast

For any of you that regularly read my blog, you’ll know that although I have ovarian cancer, I make it my mission to spotlight ALL cancers.  I also welcome other cancer stories being shared. Cameron Von St. James shared his caregiver story in January of 2013 (see original post here: Holding On To Hope as a