Patient Stories
Susan’s Story: “It was not just a mouth bump”
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...
Terry’s Story
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...
Brian’s Story
“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,...
Nobody Loves Birthdays more than Sheila
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...
Rex’s Story
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...
It’s a Family Affair
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...