Fear is not a friend when it comes to health. Just ask Suzanne Williams of Dale, TX. Williams first noticed a soft mass in her right breast in April 2010. “Like everyone, you think ‘There’s nothing wrong; maybe it’s just a hormonal thing or an infection.’ So I didn’t do anything about it.” A few months later, things had only …

As an active and involved husband and father of four, Juan Molina treasures time on the baseball and football fields with his kids. But after experiencing troubling symptoms in 2013 – back pain and blood in his urine – Molina was sidelined. Two emergency room trips, tests, and more doctors, soon led to a dreaded diagnosis: stage II kidney cancer.  …

If love is ‘what you’ve been through together,’ as author James Thurber wrote, then David and Susan Tull surely are the very definition of love. Through a 15-year cancer mystery and a host of additional health issues for David, the Tulls ultimately have each other – and now, significantly improving health for David.  In 2003, while living in Florida, David received unsettling news after …

Like chefs dining at someone else’s restaurant, when healthcare professionals need care, the perspective is different. After experiencing unusual abdominal pain in 2017, clinical nurse specialist Eddie Maraboto quickly found himself in a profound role reversal situation – and with stage 2 testicular cancer. “I had first noticed a mass/lump in 2016 and went to go see a urologist. But I put …

In the fall of 2013, Travis Campbell, a father of four, was coaching his son’s soccer team in their end-of-year tournament when he was asked to help load a heavy box into a pickup truck. Travis agreed to help, but as he was lifting the box he felt a slight twinge in his back followed by more severe pain the …