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LIVESTRONG blog: Young Adult Survivor week
By admin on 11 Apr 2010 8:33 PM in athletics, cancer, disability, laf, lance armstrong, livestrong, media coverage, survivorship
“You have zero chance of survival.” That is what my nineteen-year-old brain heard as my doctor told me that the cancer that took my right leg three years previously had now spread to my lung, two-fifths of which had also just been removed. What he probably said was, “No one has ever survived once this type of cancer spreads through the bloodstream.” That was over thirty-five years ago. I survived. And then some.
My story is about what effect hearing those words has on someone’s personality and how one can not only survive, but also fight back, recover,…
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Jothy,
I recently came across your blog via Livestrong. I am also a 22 year survivor of OGS and am now 35 years old My first surgery to save my leg was an allograft but eventually I had above-the-knee amputation and have a C-Leg now. I also had two surgeries to remove cancerous tumors from my lung. I am not the athletic type but always am inspired by stories I read of other athletes who are also amputees. I have the honor of counseling patients at Mayo Clinic who are undergoing cancer treatment-amputations/accidents-amputations and I will definitely pass along your web site. All the best to you! Mindy
Mindy, I would love to get involved with the Mayo Clinic. I have given several Grand Rounds talks that it would be fantastic to give at Mayo. I gave my Grand Rounds talks at Mass General and at Duke and plan to do the same at Dartmouth and Wash U. Please email me if you think you have the contacts there to make this possible: jothyr@gmail.com.
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