Inspiring Stories

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Murray Jones smiling at the camera, resting his chin on his hand.

Murray's Story

Murray Jones remembers his first experience at the Hospital after moving to London with his wife. In 1977 they started their family and only a few years later, their young son was hospitalized after

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Emily Marshall

Emily's Story

Six years ago, Emily Marshall began noticing a pain in her right arm. An avid rugby player with a black belt in Taekwondo, she was familiar with muscle aches and sprains—this was different. X-Rays

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Smiling elderly male standing next to brown horse.

Neil Tull's Story

Sometimes an illness will reveal itself in dramatic fashion. Pain or discomfort might bring someone to their family doctor, leading to a diagnosis. Other times it can come with a whisper—like a secret

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Maria

Maria Curcio

Maria Curcio says she remembers the exact moment she was told she had ovarian cancer. Or rather, she remembers not remembering anything. The world around her went blank. As a healthy 46-year-old with

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Lynn and her dog

Lynn Danby

Lynn Danby was enjoying retirement life with her husband of 40 years and her grandchildren when a chronic runny nose prompted a visit to her doctor. It was the fall of 2013 when Lynn noticed that her

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Dylan

Dylan Fournier

For most, the teens early twenties are a time of discovery. A time where you try to figure out who you are and where you want to go with the rest of your life. But for Dylan Fournier, a St. Mary’s

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Jody Mahon

Jody's Story

Port Elgin’s Jody Mahon has a strong reason to advocate for clinical trials. “If I hadn’t participated in the COMET trial, I don’t think I would be here today,” she says. COMET is an international

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Randy Bowden

When Randy Bowden lost his taste buds, he says it was one of the lowest points in his life. It may seem like an insignificant side effect, given other complications that can come with cancer

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Paying Forward the Kindness of Strangers

Sometimes the smallest gesture can have the greatest impact. For Carol Weekes Schacter, it was a brief moment five years ago at LHSC’s London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP)*. Carol’s sister Judy was