Category: Rare Company
Rare Company is where people living with appendiceal cancer tell their own stories, in their own words. Patients, caregivers, and the people we have lost.
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Renee Hill is an appendix cancer survivor who was diagnosed at 31 with stage 4B mucinous adenocarcinoma of the appendix with signet ring cells. Her cancer returned in her liver in 2020, and she has had no evidence of disease in the six years since that surgery. Renee is flying to Italy this afternoon. Ten…
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Christine Hill has lived with signet ring cell appendix cancer since 2021. This is her story of six surgeries, two ostomy bags, a tumor whose molecular profile changed over time, and a decision she makes every single day to keep living. Christine and I met early in my appendix cancer journey, during a Saturday PMP…
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Amy Moeller was diagnosed with appendix cancer at 38 and lived well for eleven years before an appendix cancer recurrence showed up on a routine colonoscopy. She is now on a CDK4/6 inhibitor called Ibrance, and she is doing well again. About a year ago, I typed appendix cancer into the LinkedIn search bar, and…
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This is an appendix cancer patient story about Jeremy Kitzhaber, a 22-year U.S. Air Force veteran from Idaho. He has taken a targeted drug called Ibrance (palbociclib) for almost 10 years, and he believes he was the first appendix cancer patient ever matched to it. I recently sat down with Jeremy Kitzhaber from Idaho, and…
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Connie Zickler was told she had ovarian cancer, then no cancer at all. The truth was low-grade appendix cancer. Her story, in her own words.
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How to Hold Two Truths At Once Holding Two Truths in One Day I’ve always remembered life in dates. I don’t know why I just do. Everything important ends up stored that way. This is one of those dates. For 37 years, April 17 was simple. It was the day my son was born. My…