Survivor Spotlights

Survivor Spotlight: Dennis Kochis

by Michael Craycraft October 19, 2015

A Family After Testicular Cancer Is Possible My name is Dennis Kochis. I am 37 years old and a testicular cancer survivor. My diagnosis occurred...

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Survivor Spotlight: Nate Goodman

by Michael Craycraft October 15, 2015

Cancer The Second Time Sucks More Finding out you have cancer once, sucks. Finding out it decided to come back, well, that sucks even more. My ...

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Survivor Spotlight: Joe Bean

by Michael Craycraft September 1, 2015

Cancer Conqueror August 12, 1993. This was the date that changed my life forever. In hindsight - for the better. I was 19 years old; one year remov...

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Survivor Spotlight: Cody Gilbert

by Michael Craycraft July 9, 2015

Living Life after Testicular Cancer When you’re 16 years old, your life is just really starting to kick off. The last two years of high school are ...

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Survivor Spotlight: Larry Houghson

by Michael Craycraft June 10, 2015

This is a story I submitted on Adrenaline Training Center's (in London, Ontario, Canada) Facebook page Nov 2011 while fighting cancer. They had ask...

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Survivor Spotlight: Eric Mendelson

by Michael Craycraft June 3, 2015

Testicular Cancer at 20? The only thing on my mind was school starting. I had just received straight A’s, made a lot of new friends and was looking...

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Survivor Spotlight: Rocco Buccheri

by Michael Craycraft February 9, 2015

You have no balls… I do not know how many times in my life I have heard that statement, it has to be thousands of times. Every single in refer...

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Survivor Spotlight: Jonathan Elliott

by Michael Craycraft January 24, 2015

I wrote my personal story a few months ago when I finally felt ready to revisit some of the memories. I thought I would share it more to support t...

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Survivor Spotlight: Aaron Olson

by Michael Craycraft December 11, 2014

Two Out of Three and Still Me Testicular cancer survivor Aaron Olson shares how his perceptions of masculinity changed after diagnosis in his Survi...

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Survivor Spotlight: Ray Flodna

by Michael Craycraft November 16, 2013

"The Monster Between My Legs" I was showering when I noticed that my right testicle had grown in size and had become hard to the touch. It had alwa...

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Survivor Spotlight: Eric Forman

by Michael Craycraft August 22, 2013

My Own Day of Infamy PART I It was like any other monotonous day on the ship. Wednesday, August 25th, 2010 to be exact. I had just finished my 14 ...

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Survivor Spotlight: Bo Orichowsky

by Michael Craycraft August 3, 2013

7 Year Testicular Cancer Survivor I was diagnosed with TC right after New Years, Jan. 2006. I was 53 at the time. So far, I have been clear of an...

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