SURVIVORS

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on April 19, 2009 at 3:47 pm | Reply Terry Prince

I will continue to do all I can to raise awareness in women about this deadly disease. Through sites like this we can all share infomation and ideas. It helps me to know that I have all of you in my family to help me carry on after the loss of Diana. I can’t beleive she’s not with us anymore. I still hang onto all the strength and courage Diana showed. I will always love Diana and like I told her, I’ll be Ok and I’ll see you again. Please do all you can to support the effort. I love all of you.
on April 19, 2009 at 3:48 pm | Reply Norma King

I am a one year survivor of ovca and appreciate any chance to make other aware of this disease.
Thank you.
Norma King
on April 19, 2009 at 3:49 pm | Reply Marvin Moore

In recent recent years, before my terminal diagnosis even, it seems I was moved to and sometimes forced to be with people who were about to pass over.

I was hugged by men who hug no one, even their own sons.

I held hands with a woman while she died.

My heart was broken and repaired at the same time.

Many family members did not know me, yet the dying person would seek me out for the calming effect of my spirit is what I am told and felt. It was like an angel was looking out of my eyes and I was sharing or listening in on a conversation between the one passing and a spirit guide of some sort that was there to ease their transition.

I was humbled greatly.

Then, it was I who am dying.

Then I knew the answer to the “God, why am I seeing all these people die?” question that was on my mind a lot.

Before that 2 year period, and I’m 50, I hadn’t even been to a single funeral.

I now understand that I am not dying any more than anyone else is. No one is promised the morrow. What is different is I, and others with cancer, can no longer pretend they are immortal which frees us to love life and the people in our lives and appreciate moments.

Yes, the appreciation of miraculous moments that happen every day is the gift I got from cancer.

I am a much better person now that I can see those moments, even though I’m sure they were there for the last 50 years. The question is, “Where was I?”

So, even if you don’t have cancer, try to see the DAILY miracles that are in your lives. They are there. Believe me.

Much love to you all.

Marvin
- on April 26, 2009 at 7:08 am | Reply Barbara D. Wick
  
  Your courage is stunning. Thank you for sharing it. I too have found that the awareness of impending death was a great teacher and aide. Calming, too. We have so much to do, to share, but know it will end.
on April 19, 2009 at 3:51 pm | Reply Sam

I lost my Daddy to lung cancer when I was only 22. He was a single dad so I “inherited” my young teenage sister. We had no other family so we held onto each other and coped as best we could, we had nobody but each other for real support and we were raising my infant daughter during the entire ordeal.

I had surgery for precancerous cells of the cervix at the age of 21 and then again at 26, I was terrified but it seems to be ok, for now, today I am 33. The doctors said it could someday come back and it could be much worse.

I am at an extremely high risk for several types of cancer currently given my family history, my own near misses and my current illness – advanced Crohns disease.

I have four children, 3 girls and a boy. Every single day I fear that it could happen to me again or even worse, one of my babies or my beloved sister.

I watched my daddy waste away from a big strong longshoreman/warehouseman to a thin and fragile wraith, a mere shadow of what he once was. I was with him when he left this world, holding his hand with my head on his chest and I heard his heart beat for the last time. I still wake from dreams and memories even though its 11 years later.

We need to take responsibility and tell our stories and be there for those are still here and still have a chance. We need to raise awareness in any/every way we can – even if its just a blog post or a bumper sticker – we all have voices, lets use them, as loud as we can.

We can make a difference, we can educate and we can show our support. We can help in so many ways if only we try. Someday, with hard work and determination, we will find a cure and we will prevail.

If anyone needs a shoulder, I am here. Follow the link in my name for my website and contact info and I’m Samtagious on Twitter.

Thank you Susan for this opportunity to share.
on April 26, 2009 at 5:25 am | Reply Daphne Sackett

1 year survivor, we need to spread the word!
on April 26, 2009 at 9:36 am | Reply Vicki Rosenberg

4 time survivor, Awareness is the Key! Thank you for caring and establishing this website.
on May 2, 2009 at 9:42 am | Reply dailycelebrations

Leialoha Cator, Asheville, NC Leiomyosarcoma survivor since February 1992.
on May 20, 2009 at 2:50 pm | Reply Linda

I have been cancer free for 29 yrs this Oct….I had a very rare cancer, {clear cell adeno carcinoma}, the Lord Jesus Christ healed me through surgery, I had a hysterectomy. No chemo, no radiation, no anything!
Praise the Lord!
Even though I am a survivor, I don’t consider myself a survivor, because I have been so completely healed that cancer is not even an issue for me.
I have been so healed that it is just as if I never had the cancer in the first place. Most of the time it never even enters my mind, unless I hear someone talking about the subject.
I pray for all who read this that they too will be not just a survivor but soar so far past that to being healed and restored as I am.
Cancer doesn’t have to be a death sentence, you can be free in Jesus
on May 24, 2009 at 11:56 am | Reply Kay

I am a 3 year survivor of breast cancer. I too want the word out about cancer awareness. Ladies please have your yearly mammo. I work in a hostipal and women are getting younger and younger being diag with breast cancer. Also on the news there was a 10 year old girl diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy. Very sad.
on June 13, 2009 at 2:06 pm | Reply Pam Fidler

In 1980 I was told by a well known Obstetrician that my ovaries were peppered with cysts and that I needed a complete hysterectomy to be rid of anything that might spread further…My one and only daughter was only 6 yrs old at this time and I wanted to be able to see her growing up. I was fortunate not to have to have chemotherapy or radiation. It is very important to be tested and if detected with cancer or possibilities of cancer please, by all means, seek God’s guidance and proceed to have Him guide you to complete healing in HIS loving way. Even though I was unable to have more children, I am so thankful I am able to be alive to enjoy the daughter I have and to have such a dear friend in JESUS…He can and is willing to see you through any trials including cancer.