It’s been almost a year since Att Callahan was diagnosed with stage IIB lung cancer. The diagnosis came after she began coughing up blood one day. She’d had a bad cough for months before that.
She saw a doctor for a scan, then a biopsy confirmed it was cancer.
“I was confused because I don’t smoke, I’m not overweight, and I live a healthy lifestyle,” says Att, who was 70 at the time of her diagnosis. “I was just trying to...
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In March 2019, Dana Reeves was preparing for several milestones. Her daughter was getting ready to graduate from high school. Her husband was about to retire from the military. And her family was preparing to move from Germany back to the United States.
Something she hadn’t planned for? A medullary thyroid cancer diagnosis. But at age 46, that’s exactly what she faced.
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Conventional...
For over two years, JoAnne Holly fought a terrible rash on her face and back. She visited several doctors and even had biopsies done. They...