DESCRIPTION Beth Lehman went through a tumultuous year in 2020.  Thanks to heavy drinking, she was diagnosed with cirrhosis, then basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer, followed by hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of liver cancer.  She underwent radioactive embolization in order to get a liver transplant.  Beth said the two-hour operation wasn’t so tough, but the after-effects were difficult, including nausea and vomiting.  Then she experienced a procedure to get rid of

DESCRIPTION Athena Porter Description   KEYWORDS WITH SPACES:   cervical cancer, athena porter, endocervical adenocarcinoma, colposcopy, LEEP procedure, radical hysterectomy, pap smear, HPV+   TITLE:   Athena Porter survived cervical cancer | radical hysterectomy | endocervical adenocarcinoma | HPV+   DESCRIPTION:   After close to a decade of abnormal pap smears, a Cone Biopsy indicated Athena Porter had cervical cancer.  To make sure her diagnosis of endocervical adenocarcin

DESCRIPTION Joshua Silva did not take lower back pains and gastrointestinal issues seriously until they worsened, forcing him to visit an emergency room.  A CT scan revealed inflammation of his appendix, necessitating an appendectomy.  A urologist said the scan also showed a problem in his left kidney, later diagnosed as clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer.  Joshua underwent a partial nephrectomy knowing before the procedure he may lose the kidney.  When