Patient Stories
Serious health conditions often make you feel like you're all alone. But you're not. Over the years, many patients from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have shared their stories with us so that we may share them with you.
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Aplastic Anemia Survivor, Jennifer MiglianaDiagnosed with aplastic anemia at age 17, Jennifer Migliana can’t imagine having had a bone marrow transplant anywhere but Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
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Aplastic Anemia Survivor, Matt FiorettiReturning from a climb near Mt. Everest in 2004, Matt Fioretti thought his doctors were crazy after he learned he had aplastic anemia.
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Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor, Greg LipskiMedical student Greg Lipski became the patient when he was diagnosed with leukemia, receiving life-saving treatment and life-changing support from SCCA.
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Hodgkin's Disease Survivor, Pamela Clark, Lives to SurfA little more than a year after her transplant for Hodgkin's Disease, Pamela Clark is cancer-free and busy surfing competitively, promoting surfing for women, and fund-raising for organizations such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Lymphoma Survivor, Bob SummerWhen Bob Summer had cancer at 23, “I felt I’d lived a good life.” So at 46, after surviving Burkitt Lymphoma: “I feel like I’ve somehow cheated death. I felt like a spoiled kid asking for something on the top shelf.”
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Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor, Carolyn KlokeWorking just three days a week at an optometrist’s office, Carolyn Kloke remembers feeling very tired and began to experience acid reflux that progressed over time. “I woke up in extreme pain and took an antacid,” Carolyn recalls. “I wasn’t ill, but called the doctor the next day. My nurse practitioner found a mass, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor, Roger SweetAt 72 years young, Roger Sweet can still pull off 32 chin ups. Not a feat that many people of any age can claim, nor one who has survived follicular large cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor, Susan AultSusan Ault moved to the Pacific Northwest to get treatment for her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. Now a survivor, she’s taken up permanent residence in Sequim.
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