The unique Lazarus Forum offers inspiration and encouragement to cancer patients by raising the awareness of cancer survivability by those who have experienced it. By empowering cancer survivors to express their thoughts on cancer in this public forum, current patients can access valuable information from long term survivors and thus have another source of hope in facing their own cancer.
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Frank’s Story
Being diagnosed with a cancer is literally an unforgettable event in ones life. In my story, this event occurred not once but twice, although by the second diagnosis, my sense of shock was not as numbing, as I was by then better informed about the effects of cancer through my association with LARCC. I was
Emma’s Story
Waking up on Monday morning, most of us wouldn’t choose to begin our week with ten hours of radical surgery. Especially when you’re not the person being paid to wear the hospital scrubs while brandishing the scalpel. But that’s just what I chose to do in 2006 at the age of thirty-four despite many doctors […]
Lorcán’s Story
‘Always look on the bright side of Life (from Monty Python) From: A Faire to Remember by Eric Idle The following words can be read with great hope, and with the expectation of better things to come – no matter what slings and arrows life throws in one’s direction: Some things in life are bad They […]
Rosaleen’s Story
In 2010 I was living in Germany and on a sunny Sunday I was getting into the shower when I noticed a “crease“ on my breast. The crease was smaller than the knuckle on my little finger. Two days later I went to the doctor. I had a mammogram. The next day I had a […]
Harry’s Story
I retired from the army in 1998 and was in very good health. I was born in Skibbereen ,West Cork and always went back there on holidays. Coming up to […]
Catherine’s Story
Many times I have been asked to write about my illness but I never felt able. I kept all the happenings in my head, the good and bad experiences. My […]
Rita’s Story
In 2003 I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Up to that point all was well, my family were grown and all out working and I had given up work to […]
Paul’s Story
As I looked around me in the hospital ward I felt like a fraud. There were a lot of very sick people here and I didn’t look or feel sick […]
Kevin’s Story
An Imperfect Storm by Kevin Haugh An Imperfect Storm: You only realise what it is like when you have been there, (Kevin Haugh 2015) 2004 was a momentous year in […]
Robert’s Story
I had finished a 16 mile run on a Sunday suffering a head cold complete with typical swollen lymph nodes in my neck. Went to see my GP on Tuesday […]