Saturday, April 6, 2013


Activity 3.3.1 Diary of a Cancer Patient

Introduction:
The oncologists have informed Mike Smith that they will try to shrink the tumor in his proximal humerus with chemotherapy. The osteosarcoma has not metastasized, or spread to other areas of his body, and doctors want to be aggressive about keeping the cancer localized. The overall goal of all cancer treatments is to rid the body of cancerous tissue either by destroying or removing tumor cells. If doctors can shrink Mike’s tumor using chemotherapy, they will be more successful in surgery to remove the mass and save Mike’s arm.

While he is an inpatient in the hospital, Mike shares a room with a 14-year-old young man named Charlie. Charlie has been diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue that has manifested as a tumor around his left eye. Doctors have been able to reduce the size of the tumor with chemotherapy; however, they want to add in radiation therapy to try to fully destroy the mass. Mike and Charlie spend hours together in the hospital and discuss their cancers. On occasion, they even accompany one another to treatment sessions just to keep each other company.

Mike and Charlie have decided to write down in a diary or blog their experiences during treatment. They want young men and women their age to know what cancer treatment is really like. They hope that someone can learn from their experiences or at least be comforted by the fact that they are not alone in the battle against cancer. 

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