Biography

I’m really not one to blog but it seems like a good way to maybe get some things off your mind and maybe get your thought together in some what of an organized way. I’m really not sure how blogging works but from what I understand you just say whats on your mind. One thing great about this site is we all have something in common. In one way or another we are all connected by the horrible this horrible this horrible disease CANCER. There are many different kinds of cancer. My name is Doug I’m 29 from alabama. June 6 2005 was the day. The day I under went a surgery for a tumor that grew for no one knows how long. It grew from my back into my chest wall into my lungs and ribs and almost into my spine. The tumor was about the size of a softball. I had no idea of what was in store for me in the future. The surgery went well. The tumor was almost fully removed only microscopic fragments still existed. The tumor had to be taking and cut up and sent to different places for testing. I didn’t have any idea it was going to be cancer. I never thought being so young and healthy that it could ever be cancer. Everything went so fast before I knew it the oncologist was meeting with me in the hospital before I even had time to recover. She told me I had a rare type of cancer, EWING’S SARCOMA. I was scared to death didn’t know how to act at all. She was telling me all about the type of cancer that I had and the treatments we were going to go though. All I could think is that it was over and thats it. It was the weekend of the fourth of july when my port was put in. I didn’t 18 cycles of Chemo. I did well. There was bad times but I did real well with it. I was able to return to work almost a month after my Chemo was finished I was very lucky everything seemed to be looking good for me. The surgery left me with a numb right side and a little bit of pain but other than that everything seemed fine. I have worked now for over a year since my last chemo. August of this year (2007) was a year. I have been back for numorous check-ups and scans and for over a year everything has been fine. Until recently the doctor told me about 2 weeks ago that she has seen another spot close to my spine that she was really worried about. I did a biopsy, bone scan and pet scan and as of Friday I am no longer in remission. My cancer has returned. I’ll have to undergo yet another surgery followed up by a month of radiation, which I am not looking forward to. Well thats it for now. I’ll write some more later. It’s nice to find a spot where you can share things with others which have similar experiences.