Be inspired is meant to uplift your spirit with encouraging and heartfelt stories, and pieces written by experts in the field. Our goal is to help retain and recruit nurses into the oncology field.

Spring 2008

Saddle up and ride
Meet Ashley Andrews, Miss Rodeo America - Hodgkin's lymphoma doesn't stop this young woman from fulfilling her dreams.

Gilda's Club
What is Gilda's? Where can I find a Gilda's Club?

From a Child's Eyes
Read about how Alexandra Scott turned lemons into
lemonade.

Connie's Story
Genetic testing revealed I was positive…

Rebuilding Oncology better than before
Adding a cancer diagnosis to the post-Katrina equation is almost more than is humanly possible to handle.

Winter 2007

What's Your Shade?
Geralyn Lucas shares her inspirational story of
self-acceptance.

Light the Night Walk
Creative Cancer Concepts teams up with LLS for Light
the Night.

Gilda's Club
Can getting cancer be a good thing?

Windows in Time
Firsts in oncology treatments.

Pearls of Wisdom
Oncology nurses were asked," If you had only one 'Pearl of Wisdom' to share with the next generation of nurses, what would
it be?"

From a Child's Eye
A young girl shares her feelings about her grandfather's struggle with lung cancer.

My Story: My father, my childhood hero, my daddy
How the Jennings' rediscovered the meaning of family.