Your Stories: Conquering Cancer

“Just let me die.” That’s what Linda said after receiving her leukemia diagnosis. Not all patients believe they can conquer cancer.  Linda and her daughter, Marissa, relive the first day in the hospital and the year of medical house arrest that was part of Linda’s life-saving treatment. Just let me die. That's what Linda said after receiving her leukemia diagnosis. Not all patients believe they can conquer cancer. Linda and her daughter Marissa relived the first day in the hospital and the year of medical house arrest that was part of Linda's life saving treatment.   Let's start back at the beginning. How did you learn that you had leukemia?   Well, I had just retired from teaching. And I started feeling really very weak. I also wasn't eating anything, couldn't eat. I went to see my doctor the next day. She did bloodwork. Called later and said, you need to get to the hospital right away. So--   Off to the hospital.   --off to the hospital. And they did more tests. And I remember the doctor coming in and sayin