Who Are My Angels?
Reading Time: 5 minutes (Written August 25th, 2022.) This was the day I woke up from a colonoscopy to find out that my issue was not hemorrhoids like I went to the doctor for,
Tag: Gratitude
Cancer Takes A Village
Reading Time: 3 minutes My name is Elena Del Carmen and I am a mesenchymal chondrosarcoma survivor. At the age of 25, in October 2020, between my son’s fourth birthday party and my daughter’s
A Board Member’s Story of CancerCon 2023
Reading Time: 7 minutes I kissed the wife and kids goodbye and headed to the airport. Next stop, CancerCon 2023. I got into the Omni Atlanta at about 11pm, checked in, thanked the staff
One In a Million
Reading Time: 3 minutes It started with a small, hard bump under my hair. I found it when I was around eight years old. I showed my mom, who immediately took me to the
What I Wish I Would Have Known
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was just 29 years old when I was diagnosed with Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, Stage 2, hormone positive with a BRCA2 genetic mutation after finding a lump on a self-breast
From Survivor to Inspiration: My Journey to Infinite Motiv
Reading Time: 3 minutes I never thought that one day I would be sharing a story like this, a story of resilience, survival, and transformation. Only a few years ago, I was living a
No Coincidences
Reading Time: 6 minutes My journey with cancer began in 1993 at the age of 23 when I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. My first words after the initial diagnosis were : “Am I
Confidence with Cold Caps
Reading Time: 3 minutes I want to share my experience with cold caps and how they helped my journey with Cancer feel a bit more bearable. It gave me a sense of some control
My CancerCon Experience
Reading Time: 2 minutes The thought of traveling across the country to meet a bunch of strangers just seemed so out of my capabilities. I have been tied to doctors appointments and machines for
CancerCon 22
Reading Time: 2 minutes My first in-person CancerCon experience went well. I was nervous thinking about the trip. I do not travel much but I thought, “Why not try it out?”. I am happy