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.

A dedicated student of jiujitsu, Avie Barron, 36, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in her right lung.

Glenn Sabin, diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia 29 years ago, lives in Maryland with his wife, Linda, and sons, Miles and Jared.

After Erica Campbell was diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin lymphoma, she could barely stand. Now she’s walking runways as a plus-size model.

Six years after his diagnosis with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, Jeff Neurman blogs and cohosts a podcast for men with cancer.

O. David Dye, 77, a multiple myeloma survivor who lives in Troy, Alabama, is training to be a master gardener.