Young Cancer Survivors
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21yr old -- Breast Cancer .. Anyone else?
I'm 21 years old and was just recently diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer. It's called Metaplastic Carcinoma. I'm also Triple Negative. I have only talked to one other person with this type of cancer and she's not close in age. I just had a full radical masectomy 3 weeks ago. I had 4 chemo treatments before…
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captain's log 042410
Captains log 042410..... Eight days previous, I arose from bed, looked in the mirror pointedly at each and every hair follicle, and proclaimed with a deep and demanding voice much like that of Zeus, "Let the follicular recharge....BEGIN!" However, during the course of the following week, daily inspections have found my…
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athlete fighting cancer
I was just wondering if anyone out there is an athlete and fighting cancer too. I have been an athlete my whole life playing soccer, basketball, lacrosse, cross country and track. Now I run cross country and track in college, and was diagnosed with cancer the summer before my sophmore year. I have been lucky enough to…
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Young Cancer Support Groups
Hi, I was trying to find a support group for young survivors. I was wondering if there were any good resources to finding these groups. Can someone please direct me? I'm in northern california - if that helps. Thanks, Ryan
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New here
Hello I just found this site, been looking for a place to tell my story. In 1970 at the age of 10 65lbs.(I was small for my age) it was determined that I had medulla blastoma, doubleing in size each week.I was only sick for 1 week before being hospitalised. At that time it took 2 weeks and a dozen doctors to determine what…