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Profession of childhood cancer survivors



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feather80
Posts: 6
Joined: Apr 2009
May 18, 2009 - 3:57pm

Hello,

I wonder whether having had cancer as a child, makes people want to be doctors, nurses, lab technicians or any other health profession.

I had leukemia as a child and am now working in a lab doing medical analysis. I chose that job because I wanted to learn more about leukemia (what it was exactly, how it was treated and what blood was made of).

Are there any others who chose a medical profession?
It would be interesting to know what profession all of you are doing (medical and non medical professions).

Thanks for the replies
Feather

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srisko
Posts: 32
Joined: Apr 2008
October 14, 2009 - 10:45pm

I had leukemia as child too and I want to work with pediatric cancer survivors to help them prepare for college. I plan on getting my Masters in Higher Education while hopefully working at ACS or another cancer charity.

CancerKillerKCG
Posts: 1
Joined: Nov 2009
November 19, 2009 - 11:03am

Hey I had cancer at 13 and always felt music really helped me through it. So I am planing on going to school to become a music therapist for children with cancer during and post treatment.