Five-and-a-half years ago, Terrell Cleare was married, the mother of two and led a busy life working in the insurance industry. However, life was suddenly interrupted for the then 42-year-old and she was thrown into what she described as a “medical vortex.” Stage 3 colon cancer was totally unexpected. It was July of 2012. Her […]
Zitalia Fox is a brave woman. The August 27th, 2019 edition of The Nassau Guardian had a photo on the front page of its Health & Wellness section, showing Zitalia’s upper body -without breasts. She was just 22 when her breasts were removed after being diagnosed with stage 3 aggressive breast cancer and she has […]
Dedicated, determined, caring and fun-loving are but a few words that accurately describe Francis Louise Brooks-Gibson, affectionately called “Louise”. However, the word that best fits her life is “SURVIVOR”. Mrs. Gibson, currently 86 years-old, has lived through many challenging events and happily lived to tell the tale. One of her first trying times came when […]
As I look back over my life and I think things over, I can truly say that I’ve been blessed and I have a testimony. My name is Georgeann Charlow Farquarson. I can remember so clearly sitting across from my doctor and hearing him tell me that my results came back positive and that I […]
Every day we wake with a view of hope and faith. On March 15th 2015, scheduled for a routine hysterectomy, a surgery that took 8 hours with life changing results. During the post-surgery discussions she was informed by the surgical team that they had found unexpected complications and unfortunately she was experiencing Stage 3 Ovarian […]
My name is Errin Storr and I am a 51-year old single mother of an adult son. I was born and schooled in New Providence, but decided to relocate to Grand Bahama once becoming a legal adult. Living in Freeport was a beautiful and truly enjoyable experience, but I eventually returned home to Nassau eighteen […]
My name is Ivan Francis, I was diagnosed with Kidney, Prostate and Lung Cancer in 2003. I began feeling pain in my chest, my feet and basically my entire body, started feeling week, tired and begin eating less for the next two or three years, I began taking different medications, but I only got worse. […]
Jody Knowles, is a true gem of a Woman, and the bubbly, dedicated wife to Dana Knowles her husband of eighteen years. They are the proud parents of three wonderful sons, eight year old twins David and Daniel, and six year old Dillon. In the Winter of 2016, during a routine monthly self examination, Jody […]
My father, Walter Callander, had an extraordinary genetic cancer condition called Li Fraumeni Syndrome (LFS). It is a very rare inherited gene, and those family members affected with the gene have a propensity to develop a variety of cancers, also called Sarcomas. This gene which my father carried, took his life at the early age […]
Zion is an enthusiastic, 10 year old, walking miracle. Zion is a cancer survivor, having been diagnosed with leukemia 2012. She faced many challenges and obstables over several years. Still, Zion fought bravely to overcome the disease and was victorious. Her courageous battle gave her the confident, outspoken and sociable personality she has today. Zion […]