January 28, 2011 - Sean Swarner
Sean Swarner was your typical 13 year old when he was diagnosed with cancer for the first time. He was diagnosed again when he was 16 and given 14 days to live. He spent all of the age of 16 in a medically-induced coma during his round the clock chemo treatment. After he was declared cancer free he decided that no challenge would be too great. Beating the odds, Sean became the first cancer survivor to summit Mount Everest. Find out more about Sean and his amazing story at cancerclimber.org.
About Mel Majoros:
Mel Majoros, currently in remission, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. On a lucky break after her cancer surgery she was offered a job as a producer on a local talk sports show in Michigan where she advocates about cancer and other health related topics. During that time she started blogging and her blog www.Thecancerwarrior.blogspot.com has been named one of the top ten breast cancer blogs by blogs.com. She brings a unique perspective to being a survivor, always keeping a positive attitude and an athletes mentality for dealing with cancer and survivorship. Prior to working in radio Mel was a 10 year veteran of the television industry working on such shows as Walker, Texas Ranger and Crossing Jordan.
