Stories of taking control of health issues and wellness.
My son Matt is a local comedian in Pittsburgh who is 24 years old and was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma on July 17, 2013. He was in stage 4, very aggressive cancer, but after 6 months of chemo. With the help of the staff at Hillman Center and awesome doctor he had Stanley Marks he was cancer free on all all his final scans and blood work. We received the great news February 10, 2014. Stephanie Do you have a…
When Paige was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, we thought her life was over. We couldn’t begin to imagine how she would live a normal life. It just seemed so overwhelming. She had become slower and slower through T-ball season and could barely run the bases. We told ourselves it was because she was so little; after all, she was only five years old! But then, when she started with this insatiable thirst and waking up several times in the…
September 25, 2010 I was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 Breast Cancer. I started my chemo in December 2010 which was pretty much all of my summer back and forth to the hospital every week for my chemo treatment and shots. September 2011 I had bi-lateral mastectomy with reconstruction (8 hours in surgery). The pain I endured after surgery I can’t begin to describe, followed by 8 weeks of intense radiation, but I got through it. How I got through…
My story started many years ago when I was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and Degenerative Spinal Arthritis. After numerous surgeries and moving from the town I grew up in Missouri to sunny Arizona per doctors recommendation to ease the pain. I was good the first 5 years even working a full 40 hours a week, I even got to see you in concert in 2009 at the Pima county fair. Then I had an accident and the back just got worse. After another…
So growing up with a disability, I learned about being behind the eight ball, but my mom was always there for me. She was there for me whenever I had to have any type of surgery….She was there when I lost two friends in high school in back to back years, including my BEST friend my junior year. I remember meeting Bret after a show in Charleston and talking about how much life sucks when you lose your best friend,…
Good Morning, My name is Trina and I was blessed to have met Bret 3 times in 6 months. I first met him on June 22, 2013 at Nutty Jerry’s in Winnie, TX, then a few Months Later at the Concert Pub North in Houston on Oct. 5, 2013 and again on Dec. 26, 2013 at the Concert Pub. The First time I met Bret I had just finished up 4 hard rounds of chemo for lung cancer and had had my left…
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In 1986 I was 19 years old, married and had a 4 month old baby girl. I had some swelling and redness to come up right below my right knee. Within a few weeks the most excruciating pain set in. I finally went to the Dr. who thought who thought I had just hurt my leg somehow. I was sent home with some meds to see if that would help. It did not ! The pain grew worse and worse….
This year has been like a roller coaster ride. It has definitely had it’s ups and downs. I have been fortunate this year. I have epilepsy, but have been seizure free this year. My boyfriend Wayne hasn’t been that lucky. He had rheumatic fever when he was a kid. He was sick and in and out of the hospital. As an adult he has dealt with pain his whole life. The doctors act like it’s nothing. I know we have…
My husband is 52 and has become my miracle for the year, he was taken to the hospital on July 26th for a severe asthma attack, he went into 3 cardiac arrests and was in ICU for 22 days during the arrests, a blood clot was thrown into his hands and the doctors were only able to save one hand. My husband is an awesome guitar player and all I want is for him to play again. He has come out of the hospital…