When Erica Campbell, age 35, was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma, she could barely stand.

Retired schoolteacher Michael Kovarik, 64, lives with his partner on their farm in Greenwich, New York. He has metastatic breast cancer.

A former labor and delivery nurse, Lindy Sledge, 62, lives with her family in Franklin, Kentucky. She has mantle cell lymphoma.

Shelley Kerr, 65, is an award-winning bronze sculptor who lives with her husband in Fort Collins, Colorado. She has Stage IV bladder cancer.

Jamil Rivers, 42, is the board president of METAvivor, a nonprofit breast cancer organization.

Cancer Health blogger Adam Hayden, 38, a philosopher and palliative care advocate, lives in Indianapolis with his wife and three sons.

Celia Ruiz Tomlinson was diagnosed with Stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer in 2012. Today, she’s 79, and blogging about her life.

Jamil Rivers, 42, is the board president of METAvivor, a nonprofit breast cancer organization. She is living with metastatic breast cancer.

A registered dietitian with a passion for exercise, Heidi Yates, 40, lives with her family in Memphis. She has chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Jill Cadman is a former patient advocate and educator living with HIV and Stage IV colon cancer.