The Faces of Kickin’ Cancer
Sharing legacies and making it a priority to honor those who have gone before us is an important part of our mission. We want to celebrate, fight, weep, and rally alongside each person we in this journey.
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
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
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 Rodeo part 2
My cancer journey starts in December 2008 – I was living in Italy, but was back in the US visiting my parents and friends with my Italian fiancé for a vacation. I remember I woke up in the middle of the night with a sharp pain near the rib cage under my right breast...
Cancer Rodeo part 1
When I first got cancer in 2009 – I had been writing a book on how I had completely changed my life and moved to Italy. And the life that I had created in Sardegna. The title was Sardegna – Love, Life, Longevity. So as you can imagine this excerpt below it makes...
Forge Ahead with Purpose
My name is Daniel Shockley, retired U.S. Navy, Operation Desert Storm; Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran. I am a colon cancer survivor, have a rare gene mutation and an ostomy. At the age of 51, I received a life-changing diagnosis after...