当我3年半,我开始发烧,并开始同时在迪斯尼世界和我的家人很容易碰伤。我的妈妈,在MD安德森是一名护士,很担心我得了白血病。我们离开佛罗里达州,次日进账。我被称为MD安德森确诊为急性淋巴细胞白血病(所有)。1981年6月,我开始工作化疗一个叫做ALinC12的协议两年半后,我的病情完全缓解了。
我记得大约每星期都去小儿科诊所看Frankel医生。我们玩了一个“把纸巾藏在考场里”的游戏。直到弗兰克尔博士发现了“藏起来的”纸巾,他才开始给我检查。弗兰克尔博士总是遵守我们的游戏规则,但现在的孩子们有ipad和电子游戏来分散注意力,所以情况不一样了。
化疗后,我的身体已经足够健康,可以去海外生活在苏格兰和新加坡,但我还是回到MD安德森接受检查,即使是在我上了大学之后。我很幸运,在这一切结束后,我完全健康。我获得了奖学金,在德克萨斯基督教大学角蛙队打棒球,并在大四获得了全联盟一队的荣誉。
在这么小的年纪让所有教过我理所当然不采取任何东西。它也教会了我不要担心你无法控制。我爸说,它教我奋力拼搏和坚韧。
生活还在继续。我和我的妻子詹妮弗已经结婚10年了,很幸运我们有四个小男孩,他们让我们的生活充满乐趣。
我很幸运住在休斯顿,我的家乡有世界领先的癌症治疗中心。我从MD Anderson的员工那里得到了很多支持,尤其是我的“阿姨”玛丽•贝思•里奥斯(Mary Beth Rios)。33年过去了,她仍然在那里做研究护士经理。乐动体育LDsports中国
我的祖母,祖父和父亲都得了癌症,等一切都在MD安德森接受治疗。我们很感激是遗产的一部分"创造癌症历史®"
Promise邀请癌症幸存者分享他们的感想。电子邮件Promise@mdanderson.org。
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