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Neuroendocrine Cancer

Neuroendocrine Cancer

by Gastrectomy Connections | Nov 17, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, Guest Blogger, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless, Stomachless Living, Total Gastrectomy

Hello, my name is Dale Tarrant and I currently live in Anderson, South Carolina. I am a US Navy and Army National Guard Veteran. My story begins in late September – early October of 2014. I was 53 years old at the time and had been experiencing some abdominal pain for...
Art of Survivorship Speech

Art of Survivorship Speech

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, CDH1, Guest Blogger, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless Living, Total Gastrectomy

I was asked by Missouri Baptist to be a speaker for their Art of Survivorship night back in October 2015. Here goes my first time to speak publicly about Cancer and how I feel about it. Survivorship…Surviving…coping Liza’s way. I find myself jumping into the deep end,...
Taking Her Power Back

Taking Her Power Back

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, CDH1, Genetics, Stomach Cancer, Total Gastrectomy

After Heather’s mother passed away at age 44 of gastric cancer, and losing her grandfather to this disease, she wanted to do everything in her power to be proactive about her health risks, especially for her husband and daughter. At the age of 30, she was referred...
Getting the Wright Advice

Getting the Wright Advice

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless, Stomachless Living, Total Gastrectomy

When faced with Total Gastrectomy, after a diagnosis of Stage 1 adenocarcinoma which was prolific throughout my stomach, I immediately thought of the Surgeon who I thought would be the best to perform this surgery. I am an Administrator at a Home Health agency but I...
I Kissed Goodbye To My Stomach

I Kissed Goodbye To My Stomach

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless, Total Gastrectomy

In October last year, I met with a genetics department to find out if I had inherited the CDH1 mutation. If somebody had told me back then, that in less than twelve months I would be living a stomachless-life, I wouldn’t have believed them. Since that very first...
Three Identities & One Cancer-Journey

Three Identities & One Cancer-Journey

by Gastrectomy Connections | Oct 2, 2020 | Cancer Survivor, CDH1, Genetics, Stomach Cancer, Stomachless

What I have been looking into lately is the identities that come on this side of cancer. What identity do we latch onto as we fight and then we get the news that we are cancer free but the identification stays with us without any thought. One particular identity,...
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