Know your Body

Know your Body

My name is Ashley Mathis and I am a single mom of 4 girls 18,16,13 & 8 years old. I had a birthmark that all the sudden changed. In mid January of 2024 I was having my 1st surgery. By June, 2 different immunotherapies had failed and I was having my 2nd surgery. We...
Take it Seriously

Take it Seriously

Around the beginning of May 2022 I went in for an examination with my regular Doctor.  My blood work PSA came back at a 12 . Needless to say I was shocked.  We waited a month and at that time my PSA was a 14. At this point I was scheduled for a biopsy of my prostate....
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...
Cancer Changes Things

Cancer Changes Things

I have never been one to be such an open book on social media where I tell the hardest things that are happening.   Or even been one to ask for help.   But cancer has a way of changing things. I was diagnosed with triple negative inflammatory breast cancer.   This is...
Can’t Steal My JOY

Can’t Steal My JOY

In early 2019, I found a lump in my left breast. I panicked. It came out of nowhere. I quickly made an appointment and within a week I was getting a mammogram. My mammogram came back clear, but because there was an obvious lump I was referred to have an ultrasound. I...