I had a unique form: a Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My life and the lives of many across the world have been deeply affected by lymphoma.
I had a lump on my face and had a big cancer thing removed.
In 2002, my daughter was diagnosed with a rare form of colon cancer. And it was such a shock, a surprise to us.
I'm ticking things off my list: I had a tumor removed; I had spinal surgery; I had four surgeries in three months.
It was part of the reason I almost didn't go public with my diagnosis - I was embarrassed. I felt, 'Oh, I've always talked about exercising. And I got cancer.' And then I realized it's a great example of showing that cancer can hit anyone at any time.
When I was 41, I found a lump the size of a grape in my right breast. I ended up bald, sick and exhausted from surgeries, chemo and radiation treatments. Ah, but I got to live.
In 1962 I was diagnosed with this incurable disease.
I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.
I had breast cancer. I caught it early.
I was diagnosed with Graves' disease, an illness of the thyroid gland. Instead of surgery, I was given radiation treatment.