Sew Much More
by Linda Blaesing, R.N., C.C.R.N

Instead of being discharged from the hospital on August 5, 1999, my surgeon told me that the biopsy of the tumor revealed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and that I needed further tests. All of my years of nursing flew out the window at that moment as I sat in bed feeling totally numb and unable to ask even a simple question. I didn't feel sick at all. Instead, I thought, "I don't have time to be sick."

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When you wish upon a star...
by Matt Lockwood

Employees in radiation oncology and the infusion center treat people battling cancer every day. The workers are compassionate and professional, however, even they can become deeply affected by some patients.

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Now I'm 1 out of 8
by Ruth Alteneder, Ph.D., CNM, RN

When I'm asked my occupation, I usually say nurse educator. However, I personally also think of myself as a wife, mother, grandmother, education administrator and researcher. For the last four months, though, I've now added a new category - breast-cancer sufferer - not yet a survivor, but in the midst of treatment.

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Courage and Quilts
by William Mcmillen, Ph.D.

Karen Binder is a cancer survivor. That statement bears repeating: Karen Binder is a cancer survivor. Four times over the past eleven years, she has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Four times the cancer has gone into remission.

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