Stomach Cancer Stories

Dylan Davison

‘Go Without Your Gut.’ My Journey Of Losing My Stomach Due To Hereditary Diffuse Gastric Cancer Syndrome. – Dylan Davison

Holly Clegg

Hi, I’m Holly Clegg! As a culinary expert and best-selling author, I have sold over 1.5 million cookbooks. Throughout my career I have remained true to my healthy, mainstream, yet satisfyingly delicious recipes in my trim and terrific cookbook series, as well as my health-focused Eating Well cookbook series, which includes Eating Well Through Cancer, (English, […]

The Stomach-less Sisters

When you think of gastric cancer you probably don’t picture healthy sisters in their early 30’s, but we are the faces of gastric cancer. Our family history is riddled with stomach, colorectal, and breast cancer, so at the urging of our doctors we underwent testing to determine if there was a genetic component at play. […]

The Challenges of Having a Total Gastrectomy: What People Do Not See

In the five years that I spent on the Board of Directors of No Stomach For Cancer, and as a member of our support team, I have talked to others who carry the CDH1 mutation about countless issues…. genetic testing, upcoming surgery, nutrition, life without a stomach… One of the biggest challenges, though, is not […]

Well-Known Faces of Stomach Cancer

Karen

Karen Chelcun’s journey through total gastrectomy at the age of 51. Karen lives in Madison WI.September 2008