Since 2016, GreatNews.Life’s Survivor Series has spotlighted cancer survivors who are in remission. These survivors share their inspiring stories of hope and impart wisdom and resources to those battling cancer and their loved ones.
On January 26, 2016, Bill Nelson was hit with the most life changing news. Nelson was diagnosed with Medullary Thyroid Cancer (MTC). MTC is a very rare and incurable thyroid cancer. “I assumed I wouldn’t be alive by the end of the year. The word...
In August of 2021, Justin Budde was welding in the back of a trailer when he suddenly slipped and landed on his feet. After he fell out of the trailer he started to feel pain in his right testicle. Little did Budde know that...
In August 2021, Trisha Fraker received news that would change her life. After feeling a lump in her breast, Fraker immediately went to the doctor. “I was laying down and my son was laying on my chest area, watching a movie with me and I felt a lump...
Rachel Walker is no stranger to cancer. Having multiple family members who have had breast cancer before her, Walker monitored her health by getting examined regularly. In the process of preparing for a preventative surgery in 2020, Walker was...
The three words no one ever wants to hear – you have cancer. For Heather Almager, being 29 at the time, hearing those words left her stunned. Almager’s battle against breast cancer came out of left field. She and her husband had been trying to...
The last year and a half has been challenging at times for everyone, but especially so for Deborah Frahm. When Frahm learned that she tested positive for COVID-19, she was able to take a few weeks off from her job that she had just started...
In 2019, Rick Gosser received a diagnosis that changed his entire perspective on life. Gosser decided to visit the doctor that year when he noticed a mark that just wouldn’t heal. “I had a sore on my left shoulder that would just not heal...
After performing a self-breast exam, Mary Wright noticed a lump in her right breast. In 2011, she noticed that it had gotten bigger, so she decided to visit a nurse practitioner to figure out just what was going on with her body. The nurse...
Originally from Steger, Ill., but now a resident of Dyer, Ind., Carrie Gallegos’ life took a complete turn back in 2009 that sparked what has now been her craziest but most beautiful life journey. At the age of 24, Gallegos found herself driving...
When Don Kirschner was serving in the Vietnam War with the United States Air Force, he caught hepatitis C. It wasn’t discovered in his body until the ‘90s, and hepatitis C can turn into cancer when left untreated. His...