Debi Clendening has lived through it: the lost hair, the weakened body, the sobbing because your life seems out of your hands. ...more

November 15, 2007

The Food and Drug Administration called on physicians Thursday to warn cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy that certain anti-anemia drugs led to tumor growth and decreased survival in some patients. ...more

November 9, 2007

SEBRING — Don't be surprised if you see more shaved heads than usual in Highlands County schools. It's all for a good cause. Five principals and teachers wanted to show support for Kindergarten Learning Center Dean "Mr. K" Rick Kogelschatz who has cancer. So they decided to shear their locks. Kogelschatz had a kidney transplant about 1½ years ago. During the summer he was treated for testicular cancer, which spread to a lung for which he is currently receiving chemotherapy. His fellow faculty and students from three schools, who've been associated with him as a teacher and dean, have tried to bolster Kogelschatz's spirits. ...more

October 30, 2007

Perspective takes the hill tonight. Two mountain climbers go at it. ...more

October 28, 2007

Last year at this time, I was recovering from surgery for early stage breast cancer and reeling from the news that I would have to endure four rounds of chemotherapy. After my first chemo a few weeks later, I was shaky, needed a nap in the middle of the day and couldn't walk more than a few hundred yards without huffing and puffing and calling it quits. ...more

October 26, 2007

When the family goes out to eat, Holly Covais brings sanitizing wipes to disinfect the sides and bottoms of tables. ...more

October 25, 2007

My first encounter with Michelle Bradley-Carley was an early morning in February. Michelle was halfway through her first chemotherapy regimen. We spoke about her battle with cancer, and about her having just turned 35. ...more

October 21, 2007

A year ago, Michelle Bradley-Carley, now 35, found a lump in her left breast. It was Stage 3 breast cancer, the worst kind. All of a sudden, she went from being a happy newlywed and young mother to a woman dealing with a complicated, potentially fatal disease. When you're a young mom, nauseated and exhausted from chemotherapy, how do you tell your toddler you can't play? How do you explain that one day you have breasts and that the next, the doctor will remove them? ...more

October 21, 2007

It's almost impossible for fathers such as Michael Kisielewski of Sarasota and Peter Mayhew of Brandon to put it into words. ...more

October 17, 2007

TAMPA - It's almost impossible for fathers such as Michael Kisielewski of Sarasota and Peter Mayhew of Brandon to put it into words. ...more

October 16, 2007