It is hard to believe that it has been 15 years since my status changed to Cancer Survivor. That moment in time is as vivid to me as other remarkable, tragic moments in history that I have lived through. The clarity of my memories of ‘where I was’, and ‘what I was doing’ when the […]
Sep 23, 2009 | Categories: written word | Tags: Breast Cancer, metastatic breast cancer, Survivor, Susan Rafte
My cancer journey…and nightmare started in 1999. I was 16 years old and invincible. I had rocked the SAT’s after being the only person in my school to write them and I was offered softball scholarships in the U.S. to play college ball. I hadn’t felt like myself all year, but any doctors I went […]
Sep 04, 2009 | Categories: written word | Tags: Canada, Diffuse Intrinsic Brain Stem Glioma, Lindsay Reakes, Multiple Myeloma