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I went to the ER with chest pain in March of 2013 when my doctor saw a spot in my CAT scan the size of an orange. A few days later, I had a biopsy and it came back as stage 3 large B-cell lymphoma.

I do not aspire to be a hero, I just want other patients to realize that any one of us can have a long life after receiving such a horrible diagnosis. Times may be difficult but anything is possible.

I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin follicular lymphoma in December 1995 after finding a lump in my neck. My son had just turned 7 years old and I was so afraid I would not be around to see him grow up.

I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2014, had chemotherapy treatments for six months and was found to be in full remission by October 2014.  

My dad, Larry Vogl, was diagnosed with leukemia out of the blue in November 2014. In the picture, he is with my three boys and my nephew (his four grandsons). They are the reason for the fight!

I am also the oldest of six kids, and my dad has always done and will always do anything for us - putting his kids first.

I got started with The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) when our good friend, Tim Mauro, ran for Man of the Year and my husband, Larry, was his “campaign manager.” Tim’s father-in law, Bob, was battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

My son Joe was 5 years old when he was diagnosed with T-cell leukemia just three days after the birth of his brother Cole – Joe was admitted to the ICU, and on Sunday, the next day, they did a spinal tap and a bone marrow biopsy. At midnight that night, he started his chemotherapy treatments.

I grew up hearing stories about when my uncle Mark was diagnosed with leukemia.  The heartache, the stress on the family, the fear and luckily for all of us – his remission.  His CURE.

I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in March 2001. It had eaten my C7 vertebrae and traveled to my spleen so it was determined that it was stage IV.  After having surgery to place a donor bone in my neck, six months of chemo, a stem cell transplant and last but not least 35 rounds of radiation, I am so happy to say that I have been cancer free for 14 years!

On June 13, 2014, my sweet daughter Krystina was diagnosed with PH positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Unfortunately, all her chemotherapy treatments didn't seem to work.