Meet Lauren, an RN in One Day Surgery Unit, who been with Touro for 30+ years.

“People think that heart attacks only happen to older people, but it can happen to anyone, at any second and any age.”

“They took that burden off of me.”

“I believe that as a survivor, I'm here to help other survivors let other survivors know that they can make it through.”

“You are more than a survivor once you go through it.”

“I have a family that’s with me all the way. As I walk through my treatment, they walk with me.”

“He was like "the head of your femur is deteriorating, almost to the surface." He said it looked like it mastitis.”

“It’s amazing how much laughter can happen in an oncology department, but we’ve got such a great team at Touro.”

“The mental health part of this is what I don’t think people realize, especially the after part”

“It's definitely a good resource that I needed.”

“It was a really big deal for me to go through treatment”

“I have cancer, but I do not let cancer have me.”