Cancer Warrior

Strength Stories

Read the stories shared by people around the world who wear and share Traveling Pendants.

Pendant #880 – Continuing to Fight

Lydia is my 14-year-old niece. I gave her this pendant as she continues to hike through the mountainous, treacherous journey of Ewings Sarcoma bone cancer. She started this journey in 10/22. It...

Pendant #130 – Back on My Feet

In 2015 I was hospitalized for over 3 week and then went to a nursing home for rehab due to heart and lung issues. During my hospital stay I went into the ICU and had a pacemaker put in. It was a...

Pendant #130 – Came Back to Me

The pendant came back to my mom after she learned she had stave IV ovarian cancer. She had already gone into the hospital when it came in the mail. Unfortunately she died in the hospital after 4...

Pendant #1,041 – Protect Me

On 3/16/23 I went in for a routine mammogram as my husband left for an out of town work trip. Things didn’t go as planned. They saw something suspicious and asked me to head down the hall for an...

Pendant #1,025 – Facing Adversity Head On

On March 29, 2023 , I was diagnosed with  stage 2,  multicentric right breast grade 1 invasive ductal carcinoma with associated grade 2 ductal carcinoma in situ, ER+, PR+, Her2-, Ki67 15-20%. I...

Pendant #434 – Stronger than We Think

This Pendant was gifted to me from a special friend. I was diagnosed with stage 4 grade 3 NET cancer. I recently lost my younger sister from complications of Type 1 diabetes. I love the idea of...

Pendant #230 – Loving Gesture

My dear friend, Sarah Hopkins, had the pendant sent to me to give me strength as we begin the treatment journey for my husband’s recent diagnosis with rectal cancer. I am grateful for such a...

Pendant #275 – Hope

On June 26th, we learned that David has a rare form of cancer. Ewing's Sarcoma. Ewings sarcoma only affects around 200 people in the US each year, approximately 20 of them are adults. David had a...

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