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John Cantrell was enjoying his retirement until an unexpected condition forced him to choose between two kinds of heart surgery.
David Lyon is one of the rising number of young adults to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.
Alicia and Jon Langenhop's three children were each diagnosed with a rare disorder. A clinical trial was "a no-brainer."
Transit Officer Paul DeGeorge thought his son was lying on him. Then he realized something much scarier was happening.
Spencer Laird was diagnosed with colon cancer at 26. At 30, he was told it had returned and spread to his lungs, with one tumor the size of a golf ball.
Debi Weiss thought her fatigue and weakness was a seasonal illness, but her condition quickly worsened.
Emma Operacz was diagnosed with a rare cancer at 21. An unusual treatment and bone marrow donation from her sister saved her life.
Travis Corbitt's struggles to breathe led to his retirement and reliance on an oxygen tank.
Becca Valle, then 37, enrolled in a cutting-edge clinical trial after surgery removed an aggressive tumor from her brain.
Sgt. Chris Johnson was told that his heart condition had nearly been "instantly fatal." Rapid medical care and rigorous therapy helped him recover.
Cassandra King was thrilled to be pregnant after years of fertility struggles and multiple miscarriages. Then a sudden cardiac event threatened everything.
Lacy Cornelius Boyd needed IV nutrition and an ileostomy bag after a devastating car crash. A rare transplant was her only option.
Andy Provencher spent a year searching for the cause of his exhausting symptoms before a physician assistant suggested a rare illness.
Postpartum depression and a busy home life kept Ameilia Boodoosingh Gopie from her regular appointments.
Brent Rasmussen had a massive stroke in 2023. Getting his "ho ho ho back" helped motivate his recovery.
Kevin Murray was his family's health watchdog. His vigilance helped his brothers "avoid a real catastrophe."
Nardiz Cooke was immediately transfixed by the mask she wore while receiving treatment for late-stage cancer.
Meghan Jenkins' son was 2 years old when he was diagnosed with cancer in 2021. His prognosis was grim, but aggressive treatment saved his life.
Donald "Frue" McAvoy and his fiancée were having a quiet day at home when his vision went black and his airway collapsed.
Ultramarathoner and dad Kevin Humphrey never expected his minor symptoms would be a life-threatening cancer.
Chemo and surgery failed to treat Diane Davis' advanced cancer. Things seemed hopeless until genetic testing found an unlikely culprit.
Leslie Stoll was an active athlete who had never smoked. She was shocked when a chance scan spotted something unusual.
Paul and Ashlee Higginbotham didn't understand why their daughters kept exhibiting strange symptoms. Over the course of two years, the girls were all diagnosed with the same unusual brain malformation.
Marissa Coreno didn't think anything about the lump under her armpit at first, until an ultrasound showed something worrying.
Jennifer Choate's pregnancy turned into an unimaginable fight to survive after a rare complication stopped her heart.
