In January 2010, Cindy Sullivan was diagnosed with cancer — for the third time in her life. By June, she was back in the office full time handling permits, bidding, ordering materials and coordinating with customers and inspectors for Sullivan Septic & Excavation of Longmont, Colo., the 16-year-old business she co-owns with husband, Kevin.
Quitting was never an option. “Kevin and I have worked too hard to get where we are to stop now,” she says. “You just go. You stumble through it.”
Cindy, 54, learned she had thyroid cancer after noticing a persistent lump in her throat. Surgical removal of her
