#Diary

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

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

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

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

Former Air Force senior master sergeant Sheila McGlown, 53, has metastatic breast cancer. She lives with her husband near St. Louis.

Emily Garnett, 34, is a mom, wife and lawyer turned writer and podcast host living with metastatic breast cancer in the New York City area.

Gaby Kressly, now in her early 80s, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016.

Karen Hoyt promised her grandkids she would win a gold medal in the World Transplant Games. She wasn’t going to let HCC stand in her way.

Angela “Jersi” Baker, 48, of Charlotte, North Carolina, has found a new life as a model promoting metastatic breast cancer awareness.

Avie Barron, 34, lives with her husband, Tim, and their three children in California. She was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2017.

Ed Doelp lives with his wife, Dawn, in Smithville, New Jersey. Now in his 60s, he was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2012.

Gaby Kressly, now in her early 80s, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2016.

Adam Hayden is a 36-year-old philosopher, advocate and writer who lives in Indianapolis with his wife and three sons.

Yolanda Brunson-Sarrabo was diagnosed with smoldering myeloma in 2008.

Jamie Troil Goldfarb, 40, is a patient advocate and works in public relations. She lives in Takoma Park, Maryland, with her husband and son.

Justin Birckbichler, 26, is an elementary school teacher in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the creator of the blog A Ballsy Sense of Tumor.