Extraordinary Healers Vol. 8 | Extraordinary Healer^®

June 16, 2015

IT IS WITH ENTHUSIASM that I nominate Yesenia Nunez, RN, for CURE's 2014 Extraordinary Healer Award for Oncology Nursing.

June 16, 2015

IT IS IN THE DARKEST of moments of one's life that the light is truly able to shine through.

June 16, 2015

LONG AFTER THE TREATMENT ENDED, the card lived.

June 16, 2015

SOME CANCER TREATMENT CENTERS are mere conveyer belts for infusion.

June 16, 2015

MY HEART POUNDED as I awaited the news. I could hardly believe that my cancer had returned for a fourth time and this time was in my lungs.

June 16, 2015

NURSES ARE DEFINITELY the unsung heroes of cancer treatment.

June 16, 2015

HOPE IS HARD TO FIND IN A CANCER WARD, especially when the news is stage 4 metastatic breast cancer to the liver.

June 16, 2015

MY FAVORITE NURSE, Susanne, is a model in courage and persistence.

June 16, 2015

I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE one of our current nurses, the extraordinary Ann E. Grotz, a registered nurse at Compass Oncology, for this year's award.

June 16, 2015

MARGARET WHALEN is my kind of nurse!

June 16, 2015

"WHO CAN TURN THE WORLD ON WITH HER SMILE?" Not Mary Tyler Moore, but instead my oncology nurse, Leslie Bainbridge of Arizona Oncology.

June 16, 2015

LUCY is an oncology nurse with very special eyes.

June 16, 2015

IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE to me to put into words just how special St. Jude Children's Research Hospital nurse practitioner Martha May is to my family.

June 16, 2015

MY WIFE passed away on Feb. 2, 2014, from a six-year battle with cancer. It is my honor to nominate one angel in particular who, in the end, became much more than a nurse to my wife.

June 16, 2015

I work with cancer patients every day at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and I love what I do. But, this is not my story; this is the story of a nurse who stood next to me during a terrible storm in my life.

June 16, 2015

MY SON RICHIE was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma in February 2013.

June 16, 2015

SLEEPING SOUNDLY, 5-year-old Malia moved slowly in her bed, teddy and blanket close to her side.

June 16, 2015

DR. VERNA HENDRICKS-FERGUSON is an absolute inspiration to many others and me.

June 16, 2015

THERE IS A POEM by the author Linda Ellis called "The Dash," which refers to the dates on a tombstone, from the beginning to the end.

June 16, 2015

I BELIEVE that cancer has a way of showing up just when other troubles are present or brewing.

June 16, 2015

I hold tight to the belief that I am a survivor who is living with, not dying from, metastatic breast cancer.

June 16, 2015

We are all healers of the world no matter who we are. We are here because we can make a difference.

June 12, 2015

I first met Jeannine Arias, RN, in 1985 when we started working in the ICU at Morris Hospital, a small community hospital in Morris, Illinois.

June 12, 2015

"Are you here alone? Do you have any family with you?" the resident asked me. My heart began to beat faster. Yes, I was alone. I was always alone. I was the single mother of 7-year-old girl.

June 11, 2015

We plan our days and weeks and our whole lives in our minds. March 9, 2011, was one of those days for me; just a typical day in the life of Kayleigh Coupe.

June 11, 2015

I am a 13-year breast cancer survivor who has had the honor of observing and being cared for by the unsung hero and angel on earth, Kathy Ammirata.

June 11, 2015

I've always heard of breast cancer survivors, but I never imagined I would become one.

June 11, 2015

Noelle Paul has time to talk on the way home from her job as an oncology surgical nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

June 11, 2015

After many visits, to many states, to see many aides, nurses, assistants and doctors, Anne Todd, of Southern Indiana Physicians IU Health Oncology, has managed to show us what patient care is all about.

June 11, 2015

FOR 19 YEARS, Anne Todd served as a secretary in an oncology office where the doctor enjoyed teaching her about the disease.

June 11, 2015

I have been in and out of chemotherapy and radiation for the past seven years, and my nurse Teri has always been by my side, making things a little less scary and a whole lot easier.

June 11, 2015

It's not every day that one receives a cancer diagnosis.

June 11, 2015

Cindi Cantril, RN, OCN, MPH, remembers only the eyes of her patients.

June 11, 2015

Our cancer story began on a perfect August night.

June 16, 2014

OVER MY 25 YEARS as an oncology nurse, I have had the privilege of working with many talented and dedicated clinicians.