by Connect Thru Cancer | Mar 8, 2021 | General, My Story
“I am brave” should be the mantra of every single human on the planet for this past year! I was not sure I had something more to say about cancer, as I felt I had shared my story. However, the end of 2020 came quickly and as an epic year not to be forgotten. Then as...
by Connect Thru Cancer | Oct 6, 2020 | General, My Story
Cancer. I could write about the fear, the pain, the unknown, but isn’t that what everyone writes about? How painful it is to tell their spouse, children, family and friends? Yes, it is all that, but it is nothing like what it is to live the life of having cancer, the...
by Connect Thru Cancer | Sep 10, 2020 | General, My Story
by Tracey Treat I received the call on January 30th. “You have breast cancer”. I immediately thought, this is not my first rodeo, I can do this. One lump, no sweat. I made my first calls and surprisingly, I was calm, calmer actually than the people I was telling. The...
by Connect Thru Cancer | Jul 8, 2020 | General, My Story
The Definition of a “Rockstar” It was May of 1983. I was in 10th grade at Marple Newtown High School in Newtown Square, PA. I thought the world was literally going to end if I did not get to the Tower Theater in Upper Darby to see a new band called U2. It was a...
by Connect Thru Cancer | Jul 8, 2019 | My Story
When I was first diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, I didn’t know where to turn. I was 32 years old, and my son had just turned two. We lived in a new town, knew no one, and felt unbelievably overwhelmed. Parenting a toddler is difficult under the best of...
by Connect Thru Cancer | May 30, 2018 | My Story
Morgan’s older sister, Kayla, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma following her high school graduation. Morgan shares her experience with cancer and what it has been like to watch her sister endure cancer treatment. The pediatric cancer journey has been...