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Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor
A 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.
Aplastic Anemia Survivor
Returning from a climb near Mt. Everest in 2004, Matt Fioretti thought his doctors were crazy after he learned he had aplastic anemia.
Bladder Cancer Survivor
Cancer usually comes unexpectedly. For Richard Hunter, it was practically over night. He woke up one day and saw blood in his urine. He was 58 years old at the time.
Aplastic Anemia Survivor
Diagnosed with aplastic anemia at age 17, Jennifer Migliana can’t imagine having had a bone marrow transplant anywhere but Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Two-Time Lymphoma Survivor
When 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.”
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Survivor
Working 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.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor
At 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.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Survivor
Susan 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.
Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Survivor
Doing nothing more than walking after dinner, Joyce Miner wondered if she were having a heart attack. But what she had was lymphocytic leukemia, Philadelphia chromosome positive (ALL Ph+).
Glioblastoma Survivor
Diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme at age 29 could have stopped Jairo Vanegas in his tracks forever, but after treatment at SCCA, he is now healthy and enjoying fatherhood.