Heart Full of Gratitude

Heart Full of Gratitude

In 2008, during a regular routine exam, my doctor of 20 years informed me she thought she had felt a tumor. She sent me to the gynecologist for a biopsy. The gynecologist decided not to do the biopsy because given my age and the location of the tumor, it’s almost...
Focus on Living

Focus on Living

“You’re going to need to see an oncologist.” Words I never thought I would hear. Cancer touches a lot of people. No one ever really thinks it will be them. No family history, in fact no one close to me had ever gone through cancer. I felt very much like, it happens,...
Marathons for Cancer

Marathons for Cancer

I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia July 2011. And was told without a life saving stem cell transplant I wasn’t going to live the year. After nearly a year of in and out of the hospital including my cancer relapsing February of 2012; I had a life saving stem...
I am the STORM

I am the STORM

So it was towards the end of October when I first started getting sick. It was roughly around October 26th or 27th when I started just having the worst vomiting and diarrhea experience I ever had. I had gone into the ER like the day of when it started just to try and...
Never stop Believing

Never stop Believing

December 25th, 2013, I was 19 years old. Little did I know my life was about to change. As you may know or not know, 70-80% of our immunity is within our gut. Growing up I had many stomach, bowl, and intestinal issues, causing pain, nausea, vomiting and irritability....
Faith and Hope

Faith and Hope

I was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer two days before my 46th birthday in 2022. It was a surprise to me because it was caught during CT scan for another issue, I was having, and they just happen to see the bottom of my right lung. When the doctor had called me in...