Welcome to Mia's site!  This website was a surprise for and dedication to my wife Mia, as she took cancer head-on.  Mia's radiation and chemotherapy treatments started on Monday, July 24, 2006 and finished on December 12, 2006.  July 3, 2011 marked 5 years since Mia's diagnosis.  She is in remission and remains positive.  We are truly blessed!

During Mia's treatments, this web site served as a source of information for family and friends following her progress.  When Mia completed her radiation and chemotherapy treatments, we considered shutting the web site down.  However, we began to receive emails from other cancer patients and caregivers that were finding useful information and encouragement from the web site.  Consequently, we decided to keep the web site up.  Our hope is that this information may be useful to others. 

Regards, David Shearer

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Mia is featured in the February 2008 Northern
Virginia Magazine on pages 108 and 109.
The article is titled:  Death Defying Patients
Who Beat the Odds and the Doctors Who
Helped Them; by Jan Linley and photographed
by Jonathan Timmes.  Click here--> 

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About Mia (Maureen) Shearer
On July 3, 2006, my wife Mia was diagnosed with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.  This is a rare cancer that was originally thought to be a cyst or swollen adenoid.  Unfortunately, that was not the case.  Like a growing number of people, Mia fought to be free of cancer and to live strong.  She had a lot of help along the way.

We've adopted a bit of the Lance Armstrong Foundation's mantra regarding living strong.  That's because we believe in the work the foundation is leading.  We certainly see the need.  So we're not trying to steal any thunder, we just want to join the positive energy and results of those that choose to be empowered, informed, and to live strong despite cancer.
www.mialivestrong.org