I had a cancer scare in the early '90s, and for a few months, I wondered if I would make it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not sure anyone goes through a cancer scare unchanged. I know it changed me in so many ways. But I was fortunate to have had a rare cancer that's slow-growing and one that allowed me to skip the chemical cocktails that would have put me into early menopause.
When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.
I'm holding onto the hope that there is some reason that I got cancer and there is something - that may not be very clear to me right now - but that I will do.
Our purpose in this project is to begin to turn that fear of cancer, actually America's greatest fear, into a future, not only free of fear, but full of hope.
Cancer is a scary thing and you have to deal with it seriously.
I feel like I've lost 10 years of my life to cancer.
Cancer will be with me for the rest of my life, be it as a nodule, tumor or cell someplace, or in my fears and anxieties.
Having cancer empowered me to take more risks. I knew beating cancer was going to shape me, but it wasn't going to be all of me.
Yes, I have cancer and it might not go away, but I can still have a future because life goes on.
My cancer scare changed my life. I'm grateful for every new, healthy day I have. It has helped me prioritize my life.