Life Quote by Daniel Jacobs

The day in 2004 when the radiologist told me I had invasive cancer, I walked down the hospital corridor looking for a phone to…

— Geraldine Brooks

It was part of the reason I almost didn't go public with my diagnosis - I was embarrassed. I felt, 'Oh, I've always talked…

— Robin Roberts

When I heard the word 'cancer,' I was in bits. I panicked, I think everyone does, it was very scary, horrible. Thankfully, the melanoma…

— Steve Bruce

When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I have been unexpectedly confronted with my own mortality as I was told that I had cancer.

— Jodi Rell

I saw bubbling lava, and at the same moment I saw a reflection of a certain kind of inner turmoil. Because at the moment…

— Julie Taymor

Looking back, I call the first month after my diagnosis 'the cancer bubble' because I wasn't showing obvious signs of my disease. I looked…

— Suleika Jaouad

What happened with cancer was that I just became a body. There was nothing else but body for a month. I was chemo'd and…

— Eve Ensler

One day, right after my mastectomy, I went for a walk in Central Park, and there was this mob of people blocking the road.…

— Hoda Kotb

As a viewed myself in a fragment of looking-glass..., I was so impressed with a sense of vague awe at my appearance ... that…

— Edgar Allan Poe

My life got turned upside down when I found out I had cancer.

— Taboo

When I finally returned home after my five-week hospitalization, I could feel the stares of strangers on my bald head and thinning eyebrows. Everywhere…

— Suleika Jaouad