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My Journey Video
Huntsman Cancer Institute invited several cancer patients from all age groups to share their cancer experience.
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Brad Aagard
In 2001, Brad Aagard was diagnosed with melanoma on his lower lip. It was removed, and "we thought we'd gotten it," Brad says. A few years later, the melanoma spread to his right lung. Read more...
Pat Bearnson
"I consider myself the luckiest woman in the world," says cancer survivor Pat Bearnson. Diagnosed with a rare peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma in the summer of 1991, she wondered if she'd ever live to see snow again. "I've seen snow now for 20 seasons," Pat says. Read more...
Monte Bona
Monte Bona was “raised to be a cowboy.” Born in Payson, Utah, he grew up in the small farming community with his parents and five siblings. Read more...
Douglas Engle
For Douglas Engle, attitude plays a big part in coping with a stage IV cancer diagnosis. Read more...
Scott Franson
When Scott Franson developed bile duct cancer, his life could have been over in his early forties. Read more...
MaryAnn Gerber
MaryAnn Gerber loved the way she looked with a tan. As a teenager, she visited a tanning salon almost every week. Read more...
Jim Heath
In 2001, 29 year-old Jim Heath enjoyed a life of little worry and responsibility. He had moved to Flagstaff, Arizona, to spend his summer hiking and biking. His summer of fun was cut short when a massive grand mal seizure put him in the emergency room. Read more...
Dan Hedlund
Just three weeks after their wedding, newlyweds Dan and Melanie Hedlund were in for some startling news—Dan had osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. Read more...
Linda Hill
Cancer first tested Linda Hill’s mettle when she was just 19 years old. Since then, cancer has taken a lot—her breasts, colon, thyroid, and spleen—but it will never take her sense of humor. Read more...
Emma Houston
During fourteen months of breast cancer treatment, Emma E. Houston worked with many Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) nurses as she received a combination of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. Read more...
If you visit the Huntsman Cancer Institute Infusion Center, you may hear Chuck Liff's laughter from across the room. Even though he has stage IV pancreatic cancer with a terminal diagnosis, Chuck is always cracking jokes with other patients and even playing pranks on infusion nurses—whatever helps him enjoy his days. Read more...
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Call Him NED
Anyone who cares about basketball in Utah knows Dave Rose is a winner. But maybe some have forgotten—since his dramatic diagnosis in 2009—that he is also a pancreatic cancer survivor. Read more...
When a stay in the hospital becomes lengthy, life can feel like it is spinning out of control. Fred and Kathy Roth know firsthand. When diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Fred spent 90 days in the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) hospital that included 25 days of high-dose chemotherapy before a bone marrow transplant (BMT). Read more...
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Jared Swan
Jared Swan was a freshman at the University of Oregon and looking forward to college life when one day his hands suddenly went numb and he started to stumble. Read more...
