By: Simone Simmons
When I was 14 and a freshman in high school I was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a cancerous tumor located in the bones of a femur or other areas of the body. All my life I had trouble with my right leg but because I was growing doctors thought it was a growth spurt problem. Until one day I woke up and I couldn’t move my right leg – it was basically dead. I got rushed to the nearest hospital.
After a lot of x-rays, blood work, cat scans, MRI’s, bone scans and a biopsy of my right femur, I was told I had bone cancer and that there was a chance I could lose my leg. I was so scared and angry I just didn’t know what to do. I was in denial; I didn’t believe the doctors, my family or the nurses I just wanted to be alone. I was so scared. You heard of people having cancer but you wouldn’t think it will happen to you.
Chemotherapy is no joke; it makes u really sick. I was always throwing up and lost my taste for food. Every single hair on my body fell out including private areas. I felt so naked there was a time where they had to feed me thru an I.V. because I lost my taste for food. I lost so much weight; I went from 145lbs to 100lbs and that’s a lot of weight to lose in a short time. I also had bumps in the back of my throat because of the chemo which made it hard to eat and drink. I had surgery on my right femur and they got all of the tumor out. Then I got bad news that the cancer spread to my lungs so I had to get two surgeries on my lungs -one on my right and one on the left (the doctors got everything out). I got scars from all the surgeries and some people think it’s cool and I’m like I don’t like it at all. I’m just glad I am alive and I didn’t lose my leg. I walk with a cane I am so happy I am alive during my battle with cancer I thought I wasn’t strong enough. I’m just glad I am done with cancer and I can live my life.
By: Simone Monie Simmons
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