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Steve Malcolm Lung Cancer Survivor "Don't take any moment of life for granted," says Steve Malcolm. When Steve's family practice physician, Steven Osborn, MD, discovered a fist-sized lung tumor, Steve turned to the Methodist Lung/Thoracic Oncology Clinic, where caring and skillful specialists — in…

Brandy Sonier Caregiver “She was always there for me so it was the least I could do,” says Brandy Sonier, a woman who is the very definition of “caregiver.” When Brandy’s mother was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in August 2014, she didn’t hesitate to open her home to provide 24-hour care. Ru…

Margie Ostgaard Cervical Cancer Survivor "The diagnosis was a surprise," explains Margie Johnson, a busy South Dakota farm wife stunned to learn that cancer was the cause of her headaches. Margie received the advanced treatment she needed from the care team at Methodist Estabrook Cancer Center, i…

Steve Wiemeyer Laryngeal Cancer Survivor "I've chosen to grow from this," says Steve Wiemeyer, who found a new, unexpected purpose in life after undergoing a total laryngectomy, the surgical removal of his voice box, to survive a rare cancer of the larynx. Deftly using a prosthetic device to spea…

Leslie PetersonNon-Hodgkin Lymphoma SurvivorCancer. She knew she had it all along.“I just hadn’t been feeling well,” said survivor Leslie Peterson. “I just felt terrible.”She made an appointment with her doctor, and after a few misdiagnoses, “I finally said, ‘You need to do a cancer workup. I think …

Ron SindelarOropharyngeal Cancer SurvivorFor three years, Ron Sindelar had a sore throat that just wouldn’t go away. When the lump in his throat grew larger, he knew in his heart what the diagnosis might be.Oropharyngeal cancer. Tumors in the tonsils and throat. Stage 4.Ron’s treatment meant an incr…

Jon McAlpin Prostate and Intestinal Cancer Survivor “I decided to go down swinging and help as many people face their own cancers as I could before I died,” explains Jon McAlpin, a retired firefighter who beat prostate cancer in 2007. Four years later, when diagnosed with a rare intestinal cancer …

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes … well, you know the rest. Unfortunately, for 12 percent of couples, that “baby in the baby carriage” is not easily achieved. While many of us have struggled with some kind of loss, infertility results in a profound sort of grief that usually compoun…

Brian NiedzwieckiTesticular Cancer SurvivorBrian Niedzwiecki has a message for young adults battling cancer: “It’s OK to cry. It’s OK to be anxious. It’s OK to be depressed. What you cannot do is let those emotions control your life.”Brian struggled with unexplained health issues for months in 2017.…

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