by Madeline Groves | Mar 14, 2023 | Patient Stories
Susan is a cancer survivor at Oncology Specialists of Charlotte (OSC). She tells her story of what led to the diagnosis of lymphoma. In Susan’s words: I am a cancer survivor and would like to share my story. In the fall of 2018, just shy of my 69th birthday, I had...
by Madeline Groves | Feb 15, 2023 | Patient Stories, Uncategorized
Terry starts her story using numbers to describe her journey up to her current cancer care at Oncology Specialists of Charlotte: 69 years of life 15 procedures under anesthesia 4 days in a coma 8 days unconscious 1 stem cell transplant 1 stroke 4 totaled cars 2...
by Adam Lingle | Dec 12, 2022 | Patient Stories
“How Big of an obstacle with an even Bigger positivity” Brian with his daughters At the age of 35, Brian began experiencing similar symptoms to a prior bout with Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis that he had just 11 years earlier. After months of doctors’ appointments,...
by Adam Lingle | Nov 16, 2022 | Patient Stories
Meet Sheila. She loves celebrating birthdays and family traditions. Perhaps the celebrating of a birthday is so impactful because you’ve reached another year in your life. Sheila’s family tradition is to race to be the first to call a family member at 12 am...
by Adam Lingle | Feb 7, 2022 | Patient Stories
With one snap, Rex’s life changed forever. After several misdiagnoses regarding his back pain, Rex learned in 2008 that he has multiple myeloma; a rare blood cancer that impacts the plasma cells which weaken bones. Rex noted that a doctor told him he had the back of...
by Adam Lingle | Dec 21, 2021 | Patient Stories
Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 at age 27. She and her husband tried to conceive a child for ten years. Two years after her cancer diagnosis, their first child, a daughter was born! She was so blessed after having the diagnosis and treatment. “I used to...
