25 Years Ago
February 24, 200825 years ago, I became a cancer kid after I was diagnosed with Wilm’s Tumor.
25 years ago, words and phrases like radical left nephrectomy, pediatric oncology, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, clinic, ANC, rads, actinomycin-d, vincristine, treatment protocols, side effects, hair loss, ovarian failure, stage III, National Wilms’ Tumor Study Group became part of our family’s vocabulary.
25 years ago today, my parents sat in a waiting room at Mott’s Children’s Hospital in Ann Arbor while I underwent surgery to remove the tumor and my left kidney.
25 years ago, cancer became forever entwined with my life story but so did the word survivor.
I am a cancer survivor.
Today I celebrate life.
You ABSOLUTELY are a survivor… and an amazing one at that.
Celebrating life with you.
And I’m so glad you’re a survivor.
WOO!
What a great day to honor and celebrate! You are a survivor and that is such a testimony to others who have or will go through the same scary situation.
Celebrating YOU!