“You’re not going to like what you hear”
Her dad sat next to her on the hospital bed, took her by the hand and said, “When the doctor comes in, you won’t like what you’re going to hear. But...
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“How Will People Know You’re My Mom?”
Her 19-year-old daughter cried. Her twin 17-year old boys were surprised, but didn’t quite process it, because after all, she didn’t really look sick....
Buzzards Bay Mom, Grandmother Finds Strength in Family and Faith
Faith and positivity are Sandra Knight’s strongest medicine. Of course, the 64-year-old mother and grandmother would wish cancer away if she could....
Westfield Mom Keeps Moving Through Cancer
When Colleen Cekovsky’s friends learned she had cancer, they couldn’t believe it. After all, her family had just gotten through her husband’s...
New Mom Puts Breast Cancer Behind Her
Lorraine Pacy got two earth-shattering pieces of news almost simultaneously: 1) the suspicious lump in her breast was indeed cancerous and 2) she was...
Brewster Scientist Contributes to Research While Fighting Cancer
Abigail Archer’s cancer came the way so many do: out of the blue, with no warning. During a regular breast exam, her gynecologist felt something odd....
Roslindale Sign Language Interpreter Fights Cancer With Fun And Faith
When Anne Freeman learned she had cancer, she was in the most fortuitous place: the parking lot of her spiritual director. The 53-year-old Roslindale...
Saugus Mom Finds Strength In Family And Support Groups
It’s a Sunday afternoon and Laura Spedaliere is bursting with stories from her weekend at the Betty J. Borry breast cancer retreat in Bretton Woods, New...
Maine College Student Doesn’t Let Cancer Derail His Education
Brian Main thought his excruciating back pain came from lifting heavy water tanks during a controlled burn in his wildfire class at Unity College. A...
Somerset Mom Fights Stage 4 Breast Cancer To Be There For Her Kids
April Cabral’s cancer story started the way so many do: with a strange lump and equally strange feeling. It was a few weeks after her 35th birthday,...