Survivor Series

Valparaiso resident Roberta Tuft is a thyroid cancer survivor who has survived cancer not once but twice. Her journey started just before Thanksgiving in 2006. She went in to see Dr. John Carter, her primary doctor in Hobart because she was having difficulty …

Merrillville resident Joy Johnson always goes in for an annual mammogram. However, in the year 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Johnson was nervous to go. Now just over two years cancer free, Johnson is thanking her blessings that she did get …

Andrea “Andie” Wolfinsohn’s life took a drastic turn when she went in for her yearly mammogram almost four years ago. The results prompted her radiologist to schedule an additional ultrasound and biopsy, and the latter came back with the unimaginable …

COVID-19 was a rough time for everybody, but for Micki Pressley, circumstances made the time incredibly difficult. During the outbreak of COVID-19, Pressley went in for her annual mammogram, where a mass was found. She had a biopsy, and it was proven to be …

For Karen Anaszewicz, it all happened in the span of two weeks that began at St. Catherine Hospital. She found a suspicious lump and got a mammogram; her doctors then sent her for an ultrasound and a biopsy to get more information. Days after the tests, she …

In August 2020, Louie Maldonado, a resident of Michigan City, went in for a colonoscopy after noticing he was starting to have stomach issues. It was then that it was determined he was indeed having problems, and Maldonado was diagnosed with stage four …

After going through an annual mammogram, Stacy Maugans found out that she had an aggressive breast cancer. Doctors found it early, meaning that the cancer was treatable. Maugans had stage one breast cancer, having three different types of tumor cells. She …

After having an incredible amount of pain in her back plague her for years, Amanda Early decided that it was time to get checked out by a doctor. In October 2021, Early went to the emergency room because of the pain and found out that she had a tumor on her …

Being diagnosed with any type of cancer is a heartbreaking and daunting thing to hear. However, in most cases, one of the most crucial pieces to a complete recovery is catching the cancer early and beginning treatment as soon as possible. Jeremy Sobecki has …

Seeing a child go through sickness is heartbreaking. Unfortunately, this is a long-term situation for families of children with cancer. Laura Stevenson-James has been in this situation with her daughter, Haven James, for two years now. On April 2, 2021, when …