The Faces of Stomach Cancer honors those battling stomach cancer, celebrates survivors, and remembers those we have lost.
Read the personal stories of others facing issues and challenges with stomach cancer that may be similar to your own.
My name is Rosie, and I live in Italy, near Rome. My story begins in 2004, at the age of 35, when I was busy working, traveling and seeing lots of concerts with friends. I did not even remotely imagine what storm my life was about to go through. A storm that would have changed […]
After being diagnosed with breast cancer in April 2015, genetic testing revealed I had the CDH1 gene mutation. In June of that year, I chose to have a double mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy as anticipated with the original diagnosis. I found no local medical professional who knew anything about CDH1 and only got referred […]
I am Juan Manuel (44) from Argentina. My father died in 2013 (Gastric Cancer) and I knew I had the CDH1 gen mutated in 2016. I past through a total gastrectomy in 2017 and I wrote all the journey in my blog (IN SPANISH) I am living a plenty life as I did before the […]
I’m a mother, a friend, a sister, a daughter, and a devoted physician who has become the patient. After a series of serendipitous events, I was the first person in my family to be discovered to have a rare genetic mutation called Gastric Adenocarcinoma and Proximal Polyposis Syndrome (GAPPS). Like other hereditary gastric cancers, this […]
My name is Jon Grossman, and I want to thank you for all that you have done for me, my family, and my fellow CDH1 mutation carriers. In 2016, we found out that a CDH1 mutation runs in our family. Now, 4 of us have had total gastrectomies and are doing great. I published a […]
I chose the name “My Pink Genes” because, for one, pink is my favorite color, and for another, I was diagnosed with a highly aggressive form of stage 3a breast cancer in 2018 at 32 years of age (grade 3 invasive lobular carcinoma – pleomorphic type ER-, PR+, HER2- in cancer speak). Pink being the […]
We encourage you to not only read the journeys of others but also document your own so that others may draw strength from your experiences.
