The Faces of Kickin’ Cancer
Sharing legacies and honoring cancer survivors is at the core of our mission. On our Stories page, you’ll find inspiring stories from cancer survivors, caregivers, and families, highlighting their struggles, triumphs, and experiences with cancer support. We are here to celebrate victories, remember those we’ve lost, and rally together in the ongoing fight against cancer. Join us as we honor the resilience and strength of those who have faced cancer head-on.
Promise to God
Our story: “It did come back malignant.” Time stopped. Life changed. At that moment, I became a statistic. 1 in 8. The 1 in 8 women that are diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Four days later, I became 1 in 3000. The 1 in 3000 of women diagnosed with breast cancer while...
Post – Op Care
I had a fun and exciting career in the adult beverage industry for almost 25 years. As a Marketing Manager, I traveled all the time, went to splashy events and met sports and musical celebrities. But over the years, it started to feel shallow and it certainly wasn’t...
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
“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
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
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...