HUMANS OF ULMAN FOUNDATION Regina's Story What I thought was the flu turned into a non-stop bloody nose and bruising all over my body. I was scared. My primary care physician (PCP) had no idea what was going on and ordered any blood tests possible. For
GET SUPPORT An Unexpected Path: Sam's Story Sam Doyle didn’t think he’d live long enough to get cancer, much less survive it. The daily dangers he faced through his twenties forced him to reckon early on with the impermanence of life. A member of the National
GET SUPPORT How to Talk to Kids about Cancer: Advice from Bright Spot Network The Ulman Foundation was created to serve a specific population of individuals affected by cancer, and now we’re proud to partner with Bright Spot Network - a fellow nonprofit organization that serves a niche within our adolescent and
Nothing Short of a Miracle Amelia's Story I stood in a sunny park in San Diego, hand in hand with strangers around a circle. We were preparing for a physically and emotionally invigorating and taxing week of running from San Diego to Sonoma to raise
Mixed Emotions – Shequoia's Story We use the phrase “mixed emotions” to describe how we feel in a wide variety of situations…leaving our pals at one job to go to another that is a better fit professionally, the cancellation of an event
Community is Everything – Lisa's Story Lisa hiking the Grand Canyon Rim to Rim in 2019 before her diagnosis. Lisa Klingenmaier is a social worker by training -- an identity which transcends her perspectives on life and guides her interactions with others. She
Ryan's Unpredictable Journey When Ryan Ferro recounts the three weeks he spent awaiting the analysis of the lemon-sized brain tumor he’d just had surgically removed in 2017, it’s easy to envision an actuarial table being constantly re-calculated in a cloud of
Turning Grief into Good – Vanessa's Story In her 36th year of life, Vanessa received a diagnosis of and treatment for Stage 3 breast cancer, learned she didn’t have time to preserve her fertility, underwent surgery for an unrelated polyp and
One Support Group Changed Everything – Eden's Story Eden's mom, Lynda, and dad, Jack, celebrating one of Eden's cancerversaries in the early 2000s Outside of family, it’s not often that we get to understand the extent to which our actions or words
On Cristal and the Cowbell: Reflections from the Appalachian Trail (part 2) Click here to read part 1 of Sophia's story. Chapter 3: 2193.1 Miles Curiosity abounds about thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail for many people who have not experienced an adventure
