An exciting weekend of family fun at Atlanta Motor Speedway turned into the start of a very different endurance race for Corinne Coning and her family.
"There was a NASCAR race that weekend at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. So, my parents went all out. They got the front camping spot next to the president of NASCAR. They got a whole...
Tracy Phillips jokes that she always knew her husband Scott was special. So special that he got not one, but two kinds of lymphoma—Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's. "Just one of 100 people in the country who get it at the same time," she adds.
Looking back, it's easier to add that touch of levity. In September 2015, at the time of...
Every newlywed expects some adjustments. Married life is different than single life. Maybe there's a new place to live, new responsibilities, new plans for the future.
That's all to be expected. Cancer is not to be expected, and Brittany and Jake Bova still find their reality to feel well, surreal.
Married in October 2015, Brittany and Jake were just a few...
Karen Bova has fought cancer twice and each time brought a different lesson.
In 2006, she was diagnosed with cancer in the right breast—ductal carcinoma in situ or inside the milk ducts. "Because it was non-invasive, they were able to do a mastectomy and reconstruction… It took me a couple months to recover from the surgery, not the cancer, but...
We've been introducing you to Heroes in Gwinnett Magazine since 2009. Men, women and children. Our neighbors, our family, our friends. Remarkable individuals all. We wanted to celebrate survivorship by telling the stories of ordinary people in the extraordinary circumstance of fighting cancer. We wanted to encourage them and honor their journey. Along the way, we've been humbled, awed...
When her surgeon called with the results of her biopsy, Lisa Roulhac was taking care of her two-year-old grandson.
"I'll never forget that day. He was lying on the bed. My surgeon called me. ‘It's cancer.' I didn't hear anything else. I couldn't scream, because I was going to scare him to death if I screamed. I just didn't hear...
The first time she had cancer, Paulette Zinkann was just too busy for it. It was 1995 and she was 39 years old, working as a preschool teacher.
Her breast cancer was found and diagnosed from a mammogram. "My doctor walked in and said, ‘You're not going to die from it. We've got to cut it out. You're fine.' I...
In retrospect, Kim Houston will tell you she should have acted sooner. "I was fatigued. I could never get rid of that lethargic feeling—like you're coming down with the flu. I was having some stomach cramps and rushing to the restroom. I put off going to the doctor for about five months because I'm busy. Busy working, busy chasing...
When Michael Yi tells the story of his cancer journey, he sounds like a grateful man reciting the stories of a hundred blessings.
As for all cancer patients, Michael's diagnosis came at exactly the wrong time. His family had just taken a cruise, his home was in disarray from a remodeling project, and he had young twins and a college-age...
The healing power of touch. It's a phrase we hear often. Maybe it's even cliché. But not to Stephen and Naomi Thornton. Not when a hug helped save your daughter's life.
September 20, 2016 started out just like any other day when you have three children under 6 and two working parents. "Hustle and bustle to get three kids ready...