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I was only 5. Now 22 and cancer-free.


by: Gemma A on Wed, Jun 20 2007

When I was diagnosed with Leukemia ALL I was only 5 and it was a week after I was also diagnosed and had my appendix out. I am now 22 and I still remember everything. I was taken to the hospital. I was in the ward with my Mum who never left my side. I remember my hair falling out and going to the ward hairdresser to have it all chopped off because of the Chemotherapy I was bought a hair piece, but never wore it, i wore a hat all the time. I remember having to go for nasty blood work all the time and not letting “the blood ladies” put that nasty cream on my arm to numb the area.

I also remember how the nurses in my ward cheered me up so much, we used to have water fights with seringes and all the young patients would all gang up on the nurses. We also did seringe painting and had an awesome crafts room. The times i got very sick though were not ones i would like to remember. I hated going for surgery and lumbar punctures and that you had to go for a whole day without eating, haha little do they know 5 year olds have tricks up there sleeves. I remember the horrible mask i had to get molded onto my face that smelt like toothpaste when they were molding it, this was for the radiation therapy.

I was diagnosed sept 22,1990 and my final treatment was Oct 14th, 1992. Up untill I was 20 I was visiting my gynecologist and finally got the all clear and no need for any more blood tests and visits. I am very Thankful to my doctors and nurses of the ward at that time and all my family who acquired the costs and stresses, and also my Canadian Gynecologist

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