Tag: patient stories

Hodgkin Lymphoma

Metastatic Colon Cancer

When Central Square father Donald Tuffley and his family attend his daughter’s commencement ceremony on Friday, June 23, it will be a dream come true. It’s an important moment he feared he would ...

Anaplastic Astrocytoma

Herkimer County resident Jim Pugliese has seen young boxers take incredible blows and rally for a win in the ring. You could say he’s experienced the same situation. The 64-year-old Mohawk Valley man ...

Barbara Fudge has spent her life helping others and asking nothing in return. For nearly 20 years she has served as a volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician in her small Chemung ...

Metastatic Breast Cancer

Cardiac surgeons at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital recently performed a 200th heart transplant surgery, providing a 48-year-old father a second chance on life. Reaching this milestone is a ...

Synovial and Post-radiation Sarcomas

All his life, Gary has been living with the pain and complications of sickle cell disease, a serious and lifelong disorder that causes the body to make sickle-shaped red blood cells, which are stiff ...