Philip P.
When her son was diagnosed with a stage 4 glioblastoma, Lydia Parks was told point blank there was no hope. He was going to die. But the single mother of four boys, ages 12 to 17, wasn’t even close to...
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This is a letter that Gene shared with the Provision Proton Therapy Center after completing his treatment. He wanted to share his story with all. As my journey at the Provision Proton Therapy Center...
View ArticleEmma F.
As with all of her children, it was when Linda Ferrell saw the first image of her tiny daughter that it felt like she was really hers. That initial connection came not through a sonogram but a...
View ArticlePatty W.
When you’re a 33-year-old freelance make-up artist, mother of two and single, you don’t have time for breast cancer. And yet, says Patty, as difficult as it’s been going through surgery, chemo and,...
View ArticleLou L.
When Lou Lovingood, a 63-year-old grandmother from Sweetwater, was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year, she didn’t shed a tear. Those came, she said, after receiving the first letter from...
View ArticleEarl M.
For Earl Malpass, cancer treatment at Provision Center for Proton Therapy was something of a vacation The pastor and mission pilot has lived in Alaska for 15 years, the past three of which he has spent...
View ArticleDoris & Glen H.
Glen and Doris Hall have gone through a lot together in their marriage of 66 years. They went to school together, had three children together and then grandchildren, together experienced a career in...
View ArticleTina Z.
When your only child is diagnosed with cancer, you cross oceans and continents to make sure she gets the treatment she needs. That’s what brought Tina Zhu and her mother and father, Angela and Alex, to...
View ArticleTammy C.
To say Tammy Coleman has a complicated medical history is something of an understatement. She and her son, Rodney Brown, had moved to California from their Knoxville hometown, but the tiny woman with a...
View ArticleJean A.
After 25 years of faithfully submitting to her annual mammogram, Jean Aikens had never gotten the dreaded call, although her sister’s breast cancer diagnosis 20 years before had definitely put the...
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Dan B.
From country music radio to Santa Claus, Dan Bell’s career has been nothing if not eclectic. Originally from North Carolina, Bell got his start in radio at age 13, hosting a one-hour Saturday show on...
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Earl S.
When talking about cancer, Earl and Glenna Singer speak much more of the blessing than the trial. They talk about the fellow church board member who happened across an advertisement for Provision near...
View ArticleBill R.
Whether a career change or cancer treatment, Bill Raffield is the kind of man who goes for what he wants. He started out with a B.S. in physics and a career in the Air Force where he planned and...
View ArticleDarrell R.
Provision does not specialize in repeat customers, but Darrell Ragland’s cancer diagnosis has brought him here more than once. And he couldn’t be more thankful. In 2002, Ragland was diagnosed with...
View ArticleJeannette P.
When Jeanette Priest was diagnosed with breast cancer at the tender age of 39, she opted for a double mastectomy in hopes of avoiding radiation treatment. And while things didn’t work out exactly as...
View ArticleTerry V.
When Terry Vinson first felt a small growth the size of a pinkie fingertip on his neck, he dismissed it as a harmless cyst. Two weeks later it had doubled into the size of a thumb and then doubled...
View ArticleDonna L.
Until a couple of years ago, Donna Lindsey was always the one taking care of others. Her husband, who has suffered numerous heart attacks. Her mother, who recently suffered from a stroke. Then she got...
View ArticleBecca — Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Becca Kelly grew up surrounded and nurtured by family and friends and lakes and mountains and weekends spent in the outdoors. “I just love looking at the beauty my God has created for us to enjoy,” she...
View ArticleWally — Prostate Cancer
If anyone has checked the “adventure” box on the list of life choices it’s Walter Knight. But Walt’s list of adventure choices did not include prostate cancer. He certainly didn’t think he had...
View ArticleJames — Prostate Cancer
On James Cook’s 68th birthday, he learned he’d been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Initially, “I threw a pity party,” he says. “Then I thought, ‘What in God’s name am I doing? I’ve been a fighter my...
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