I am proud and honored to be part of the Relay for Life of Murray County. The Relay for Life is the wo
rld’s largest fund raising even to raise money to end cancer. The money raised by more than four million relays participants in 24 countries, helps the American Cancer Society save lives by supporting education and prevention, fund cancer research and providing free information and services for people fighting cancer.
My cancer journey started 19 years ago with a diagnosis of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in my throat and chest area. After 10 months of chemotherapy and radiation the tumor was gone. During that time they discovered from the cat scans that I had a tumor on my kidney. In November of 1997, I had my kidney removed and the cancer was contained.
I also had melanoma removed in 1997 and need to continue to watch because I have had a reoccurrence. The effects of the chemo and radiation still are causing problems that have changed my life. I have congestive heart failure and neuropathy caused by the chemo, otherwise I am cancer free.
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