Patient Stories
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05/11/2021
Rissie Parker
My name is Rissie Parker, and I was diagnosed in March of 2019 with chordoma – a rare type of cancer that can appear on the spine, tailbone, or brain areas. I am a stay-at-home mom of two children, ages 10 and 12, whom I homeschool. Around the beginning of…
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04/21/2021
Moses Schilling
My name is Moses Schilling. I was diagnosed with tonsil cancer in 2017. The story begins at the beginning of 2017. A lot was going on in our lives. We were preparing for my wife to have a couple of very intense back surgeries. She had some scoliosis as…
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02/05/2021
Gail Wilcox
My name is Gail Wilcox, and I was diagnosed with breast cancer, July 2019. What a way to start a story! If I were to rewind only a year, I would be telling you how I’d just began a new career as a nursing home administrator. That after spending…
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12/30/2020
Jim Tincher
My name is Jim Tincher. I was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2019. You might say the way I found out about it was … well, an accident. I was standing outside one day – and the next thing I remember is waking up in the hospital. I had…
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12/04/2020
Pastor E. Jennings Tyson
My name is Pastor Edward Jennings Tyson. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer, March 2019. You assume when you’re diagnosed with cancer, the first thing you figure out is how to get rid of it. But that wasn’t my experience. My Urologist said that because my Gleason score was…
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12/03/2020
Vickie Weigel
My name is Vickie Weigel. My introduction to the Oklahoma Proton Center in 2010 was not when I was battling cancer, but when I accompanied a family member for a consult. From the very first day, I felt drawn to the center and desired to work there. I talked with…
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11/12/2020
Richard Hoe
Richard Hoe, Prostate Cancer Survivor In late 2010, after being diagnosed with cancer of the prostate, I began researching my options. With so many treatments available, my first step was to speak with men who had been treated for prostate cancer in various ways. I spoke with men who…
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10/13/2020
AMY'S HEART: A MOTHER'S JOURNEY TO PROTECT WHAT MATTERED MOST
My name is Amy Gray. I am a mother, a wife, a nurse. There are so many words to describe me, yet, cancer survivor wasn’t something I ever imagined I would add to the list. I found out I had breast cancer in October of 2019. It was DCIS…
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07/28/2020
Facing Cancer: A Problem to be Solved
Freddie Pike, Prostate Cancer Survivor As a retired minister, I had spent years counseling those facing cancer. I never felt concerned about that dreaded diagnosis. For me, cancer was something other people went through. My job was to be there should someone need me. With that mindset, you can imagine…
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