A close friend’s 11 year-old daughter was just diagnosed with osteosarcoma of the proximal tibia. The prognosis is positive , and she has great doctors, but she is about to start chemo and then will need to have surgery to excise the tumor after the chemo course is done which is obviously going to be really scary. Anyone out there have some uplifting or inspiring stories I can share with the parents and/or the daughter? Thanks.
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/FPS/cancerTypes/Cancer_in_Children.asp
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/FPS/cancerTypes/Leukemia_Childrens.asp
http://www.myhero.com/go/print.asp?hero=Armstrong_SWHS
Lots of stuff out there.
Pretty good networks exist, and your friend may be able to talk with survivor who’s been through it.
I don’t know your friend but wish her the best of luck. Little girls are pretty tough and she can beat it!
Can’t think of anything other than to mention that my wife was supposed to have died of a brain tumor when she was a teenager - was told at the age of 16 that her chances of surviving to her 25th birthday were pretty much nil. Just celebrated her 34th last week, with the cancer in complete remission. She spent her early twenties backpacking all over Europe to celebrate being alive.
since you are a cyclist i’m gonna toss this out there, Lance Armstrong. his story is inspiring, believe it or not, despise him or not.
gawd I hope that little one pulls through, bub.
Terry Fox was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and lost his leg to it at 19 (in 1977).
In the summer of 1980 Terry Fox ran for 143 consecutive days covering 5,280 kilometres. He was trying to cross Canada and raise $1 for each Canadian (about 24million).
There are two movies based on his “Marathon of Hope”. Both decent. There are a number of different “Documentaries” that can be found on you-tube.
I can think of no better story for a young person with osteosarcoma to hear.
At the age of 6 I was on a family camper holiday in Northern Ontario when we passed Terry running along along the Trans Canada highway. To this day the impact of seeing him running alone in the summer heat on the shoulder of a deserted highway like that motivates me to be a stronger person.
Every September school children across Canada run in the “Terry Fox Run” to raise funds for cancer research.
Dave
Talk to rich Pady - http://www.healthyresults.ca/contact.htm
His daughter was dealing with cancer and he has started his own fundraising tri-group for POGO.