Cancerversary: Elsie Maria Hernandez – 16 years
“First of all, I thank God for this time I’ve been given to share with my dear family and my friends. To celebrate this anniversary last weekend, I went with my husband to Villa [...]
LRG Member La Verne Cook: Tackling side effects
La Verne Cook Side Effects can impact quality of life. Members sharing their stories and their strategies for coping with side effects can help others. In this article, LRG member La Verne [...]
Chris Carley: Goodbye to a Hero
A few weeks ago, Chris Carley lost his battle with GIST and the Life Raft Group lost one of its heroes. He was 73 and had been fighting his battle with GIST since 1995. He [...]
10 Things That Happen When You’re Diagnosed With Cancer
Cancer. We all know someone who has it or we know someone who knows someone who has it. Either way, it’s a subject that is kind of taboo. Firstly, the majority of the population think when they first hear the big C-word is that you’re going to be bald, you only get cancer when you’re old and you probably (hopefully not) will die.
Cancerversary – Ed Cohen 9 YEARS
“My GIST tumor was removed by a skilled surgeon nine years ago this coming Father’s Day, giving me the present of continued life. Shortly after the surgery my wife and I found the Life [...]
GIST Keep Swimming: Words to Live By
Life with cancer is like tossing all your dreams, goals and achievements into a bag, shaking it up and dumping it onto the floor to be stomped upon. Some say I was lucky to get my diagnosis at age 16, before I had a career or a family to support.
Congratulations – Teena Petersohn
Please join us in welcoming as the newest member of the Life Raft Group Board of Directors. As an LRG member, Teena has been an advocate for GIST patients since joining the LRG in [...]
Cancerversaries: Sara Gould and Gerard van Oortmerssen
Sara Gould - Two Years "Two years into my GIST journey I am more positive about everything life offers. I want to celebrate each and every day I am alive. I want to see more of [...]
Cancerversary – Chuck Korte
Cancerversary - 19 YEARS Chuck Korte “It is a blessing to be alive; we can give thanks by being a blessing to others” If you have a Cancerversary, let us know. Contact us at liferaft@liferaftgroup.org and we [...]
John Poss: Fifteen Years and Still Kickin’
It has been a long journey since that day Melinda and I walked out of my Dallas oncologist’s office in May, 2000 knowing that I had a rare, then untreatable cancer. Now, it has [...]