“One year ago November doctors found a lump in my throat and I was diagnosed with two tumors in my lymph nodes. There was a 70-80% of survival but the treatment was going to be very aggressive as they never found the primary cancer. I began treatment over the holidays with a series of surgeries, scans and other activities that led to my ultimate treatment program that began in February including 33 radiation and four chemotherapy treatments. When I completed these rounds of treatments they discovered three new tumors in my thyroid again all three were cancer. After resting my body which had lost 100 pounds and stabilizing a bit over the summer, I then went in for my next round of treatments including taking out my thyroid in August and radioactive iodine treatment in isolation in late September.

After a year of living hell for me, my family (including two little girls one and a half and 3) I was declared “cancer free” December 13th of 2008. Since then I have received two all clear follow-up check-ups and will go in for my one year tests in November.

I am officially a “survivor.”