Aug 30, 2022
In 2005, Mike Craycraft thought he might have testicular cancer, but waited seven months to seek medical attention. After experiencing a scrotal ultrasound, being checked out for preoptive tumor markers and undergoing an inguinal orchiectomy, he was relieved to learn that while he had been diagnosed with...
Aug 21, 2022
Dr. Shyamala Peesapati of Bangalore, India is a dentist by trade, but devotes a great deal of energy to helping those with rare diseases. On the day she turned 21, her father was diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. He died in 2019. Shyamala was unaware of patient advocacy and didn’t know about social...
Aug 13, 2022
Patrick Owen fractured his right femur when jamming his foot into a ski boot. That led to a PET scan, which led to a diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma, a form of renal cancer. Patrick was able to avoid chemotherapy, and instead went with a regimen of immunotherapy, which brought him to survivorship. He shares his...