Teens With Cancer Support Group
This community is dedicated specifically to teenagers with cancer. If you are a teen or know a teen who is going through a tough fight with cancer, share your story, thoughts, and experience and listen to those who have gone through the same fight. Know that you're not alone and there are many others who want to lend you their help and support.
Within the past day, I was told I have cancer of the thyroid which has spread to my lymph nodes.
I am 19 years old.
I go to college 2 hours away from home.
I have amazing friends.
Im in a sorority.
I have a part time waitressing job.
I am a normal teenager.
I havnt had any emotion about the news yet. My family cried and prayed while I just continued my normal day.
My question is: How do I live the life I loved to live everyday while still taking care of my health and going through multiple surgeries and treatments? I dont want the best years of my life to be taken from me by this..
I am 19 years old.
I go to college 2 hours away from home.
I have amazing friends.
Im in a sorority.
I have a part time waitressing job.
I am a normal teenager.
I havnt had any emotion about the news yet. My family cried and prayed while I just continued my normal day.
My question is: How do I live the life I loved to live everyday while still taking care of my health and going through multiple surgeries and treatments? I dont want the best years of my life to be taken from me by this..
Friends. A confession. Gino almost died on August 14th. I got him to the hospital just in time. It seems that My Beloved has something known as DPD deficiency. A "silent" genetic mutation found in approximately 26 million Americans. Harmless unless the person is diagnosed with cancer and is given the chemotherapy drugs 5FU or Xeloda. Although the drug manufacturers disclose it, oncologists are not required to disclose the FDA Black Box warning. In essence, if a person is DPD deficient, his/her body cannot eliminate the chemotherapy. It just stays in the body and burns it from the inside out. Often times, it is fatal. I am beginning a grass roots campaign called "Rare, but there." Please, please if you or someone you know has been diagnosed with breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, esophageal cancer, head and neck cancer or ovarian cancer, I BEG you .... Google search "DPD deficiency and 5FU" or "DPD deficiency and Xeloda." I also beg you to share or post this everywhere you can. If you are on QVC's or HSN's chat rooms, please post. If you are on a cancer forum, please post! I shutter to think of the lives lost needlessly because patients/caregivers didn't know about DPD deficiency. If you want to join me on this campaign, I welcome it. God bless you! Please share this!!!!