Bonus Time By Jill Ritz I am a 32-year breast cancer survivor, and I’d like to tell my story to give hope to others who have had the disease. Nine years after my husband Lynn and I were married, my doctor, Loren Jacobson, discovered I had breast cancer. At that time, 1975, it was uncommon [...]
I beat cancer twice. My cancerous right kidney was removed in April, 1996. I had a mastectomy as a result of breast cancer seven and a half years later. The first time this came about was as we finally reached our goal: our retirement. We had lived in the country near Boelus for 18 years [...]
Grateful to Be Here By Diana McKoski In June 2003, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. The following six months involved three major surgeries, four rounds of chemo and whole bunches of tests. I knew that I was going to lose my hair, so went out and purchased a wig before that happened. It is [...]
She Never Complained By Kathy Behring My mother, Peggy Halpin, died on Oct. 1, 2003. She had multiple myeloma. She fought so hard for nine and a half years. She had every chemo treatment she could have through the years. She had experimental drugs, radiation and medication. During those years, the cancer would go into [...]
Mother’s Courage By Judy Tjaden On Dec. 8, 2004, my normal life was to be no more. After several months of medication and doctor’s appointments for my gynecological problems, I was finally going to have a hysterectomy. That was the moment my world came crashing down on me. After I awoke from surgery, my daughter, [...]
Mother’s Courage By Kathy Davey There were four children in my family when my mother succumbed to breast cancer. My older brother was 21, I was 18, my sister was 11 and my younger brother was 10. Naturally, most of the memories my younger sister and brother have of mom are after it was discovered [...]
Living After Loss By Roger Lindly It was 9:22 a.m. on June 28, 2006, in Room 335 at St. Francis Medical Center in Grand Island. It was a normal day for millions of people but anything but normal for me and my two daughters. We watched with disbelief and total sadness as our wife and [...]
Coach’s Biggest Game By Kathy Hurlburt Some days change your lives forever. We had moved to Grand Island in 2004, and my husband of 34 years, Dennis Hurlburt, drove each day to Greeley, where he taught school and coached. I worked at Nebraska Sports. May 17, 2007, was the last day of school in Greeley. [...]
Journey of Many Steps By Wilma Luther In July 2007, I walked the track at Central Catholic High School. People cheered. Their message was this: “Keep on going, you can win this battle!” Four hundred some days earlier I had no idea what the battle would be. For several weeks in April 2006, I had [...]
A Family Affair By Gayle Hahn The word “cancer” changes your life instantly. It is really hard to describe. My oldest son, Michael Hahn, called me in the summer of 1992. He was 20 years old and working as a groom at the race track in Omaha. He called to ask me to make a [...]
