Patient stories

Thriving & Challenging Yourself While Living with GIST, Elyse, Part 1

GIST patients face many obstacles and challenges to get to a place where they’d say they were thriving. Physical challenges from surgeries, pain and side effects can severely change the lifestyle and activities they enjoyed before GIST. Elsye Walker and Stijn Belmans, faced those changes and decided they wouldn’t accept an altered version of life.

By |2021-10-28T15:24:06-04:00October 28th, 2021|Member Stories, News, Newsletter|

Thriving & Challenging Yourself While Living with GIST, Stijn, Part 2

GIST patients face many obstacles and challenges to get to a place where they’d say they were thriving. Physical challenges from surgeries, pain and side effects can severely change the lifestyle and activities they enjoyed before GIST. Elsye Walker and Stijn Belmans, faced those changes and decided they wouldn’t accept an altered version of life.

By |2021-10-28T15:47:53-04:00October 28th, 2021|Member Stories, News, Newsletter|

Cupcake Records Honors Lorie (Skelton) Perry

Lorie (Skelton) Perry was a GIST patient who passed away on November 11th, 2020.  She was known to her family for many things.  Among them were her warmth, her willingness to help others, and her talents as a baker. Her family wanted to find a way to honor her memory with a fundraiser.

By |2023-03-06T15:33:19-05:00February 24th, 2021|Fundraising, Member Stories, News|

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 [...]

By |2019-07-03T10:40:46-04:00February 10th, 2016|Cancerversary, Member Stories, Newsletter|
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