DESCRIPTION Bethany Smith is a fighter. Almost immediately after surviving Hodgkin lymphoma, she was diagnosed with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer. In addition to having her thyroid removed, she also underwent total hip replacement. All this while raising three small children. Treatment of her lymphoma included a chemotherapy regimen of adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbzin. Her treatment for thyroid cancer featured radioactive iodine. Bethany credits o

DESCRIPTION Christine Handy withstood osteomyelitis in her right arm, a lumpectomy, two mastectomies and a MRSA infection en route to...

DESCRIPTION A Type II diabetic, Alex Ramirez went to his doctor to get a refill of his meds. When he did, the doctor suggested Alex get blood work because he hadn’t been tested in a long time. Alex was often feeling tired, so this seemed like a good time for blood work. Upon receiving the test results, the doctor Alex he was anemic, and suggested Alex undergo a colonoscopy. That led to the sighting of a small tumor on his colon, and a diagnosis of Stage II colon cancer.