When Becky Post began having digestive issues in 2012, she chalked them up to stress from work and recent international travel. It wasn’t until her best friend pointed out that the issues had been going on for several months that Becky decided to see a doctor.
During the appointment, Becky’s doctor noticed that her thyroid was enlarged, which imaging tests confirmed. Becky was referred immediately to a surgeon near her home in...
In early 2020, I started experiencing front-facing falls. I didn’t have any other symptoms, though, so I didn’t think much of it. That is,...
One of the most common side effects of cancer treatment is nausea. It can be caused by chemotherapy, radiation therapy and even anesthesia...
As a health care quality professional, Al Thomas always made his annual physical a priority. When he went to see his primary care physician in Lexington, South Carolina, in January 2020, Al asked about his risk for colorectal cancer, even though at 38, he hadn’t reached the recommended age for a screening colonoscopy.
Al’s cousin and lifelong best friend had just been diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer. He died a few months...
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Last year, Caroline Hysmith became a stem cell donor for her dad, Timothy. She was only 15 at the time.
As part of his leukemia treatment...
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When Fran Sargent’s doctor in Michigan said he’d need to remove her entire left lung to confirm she had cancer, her response was swift.
When my son, Sawyer, was just two years old, we started to notice that he had swelling on the left side of his face. I saw what looked like...