Veronica, an Illinois native, shares the story of her mother, a breast cancer survivor. Veronica pays homage to her mother by discussing how she was always there for her children, even during some of her most difficult times.
Donna Wallach
Kate McCormick
Kay Voss
Levi Hamilton
Chuck Stahl
Herman Carl
Marc Smith and Debra Schuster
Laurie Johnson
Timothy Sashko
Than Boutelle
Scott Fornek
Deb Schuler
Hilary Rothert
Kathryn Jamison
Georgie Beck
Evan Disney
Pat Lacey
“You need some distraction so you’re not sitting at home going “Oh, that next treatment’s coming up. I don’t wanna do this” or “The last one was horrible” or “Nothing tastes good.” Beyond that, the hard ones are the people that don’t have a lot of family. We have a few people who will sometimes meet and go and sit with them while they’re going through chemo. It’s a mental game. You just remind them, it does get better.”
Audra Popp
“Coming to a support group –I think you can get a lot of information networking with people who have already gone down the path that you’re about to go down. Cancer education centers, the American Cancer society is really great. They have a 1-800 number even if you need to call someone to talk to someone at 3 AM they will be there to answer the phone.”
Richard McKinney
“The story, as with all of ours who have had cancer, is that, sometimes, the cancer is not the defining point. It is maybe the element that gets our story told, but, truthfully, the story is about the lives that surround us and the lives we can touch through it.
For me, the cancer brought things out about myself that I never knew, and never would have. There was a purpose, and I believe that things do happen for a purpose. And I believe that sometimes the journey at night is through a dark, horrible forest, but during the day it is a gorgeous, beautiful wooded area that has a clear lake with a reflection. Perspective is a marvelous thing.”