 The
Bone Cancer Research Foundation thanks patients and families
for sharing their stories with us. If you have a story
you'd like to share, please email
it to us for inclusion.
 Lauren
Burns
When I was four years old, I developed a very painful
swollen toe. X-rays were taken and it was determined that
nothing was wrong. The pain and swelling persisted and
my parents took me to the doctor many many times over the
course of four years, but they did not help me. When I
was 6, I developed stomach pains, which the doctor again
left untreated. [more...]
  Alexis
Costa
Alexis [pictured left with Francesca Arnaudo] was diagnosed
with cancer at the age of 13 after waking up in the night
suffering
pain that
she
originally
attributed to a sports injury. During her course of treatment,
she underwent a six-hour surgery to remove the affected
leg
bone and
have it replaced with a prosthesis. She is now free of
cancer and able to walk.
 |
Interview
with Alexis (from the
Children’s Miracle Network Marathon held at
UCDMC and recorded by ENTERCOM radio station) |
 Angie
Bonislawski
My journey began at age 46. I was a nurse working on a
busy Cardiac unit, married with an 8 year old daughter.
I had random bone pain for one year and had a family history
of arthritis. The hip pain progressed to the lower back.
I saw Jim Jenkins, MD a chiropractor. He took an x-ray,
and that process changed my life forever, visible on x-ray
was a mass that covered my left pelvis bone. [more...]
 Cliff
Travis
I'd been in for regular checkups for lower back pain for
two years prior to my diagnosis. I was very athletic at
the time, and had several occasions where I was jumping
and felt a shocking sensation that would numb out my legs
as I landed. My primary care physician (PCP) did some x-rays
(which didn't show anything) during that time, and wasn't
convinced that it was anything significant. [more...]
 Patrick
Grant Ward
Patrick was diagnosed with a Giant Cell Tumor in May,
2005, at the age of 28. When learning of his disease we
also found out that it had spread and he had 6 tumors in
his lungs as well. The one thing he said was "Don’t
worry I will be fine" I remember him saying that like
it was yesterday. Grant did fight and he fought hard. Grant
had surgery three days later to remove most of the tumor
in his knee. [more...]
 Tony
Paulson
It all started with a slight pain in my knee. I was an
active golfer, and I wrote off this irritation to a golf
injury. Then in May 2003, on a vacation to Arizona, the
pain grew worse after a stringent game of golf. Again,
I believed this was due to the sport I loved so much. Never
did I imagine what truly was wrong. [more...] |
Bone
cancer can grow at a particular site (sarcoma) and can
spread beyond that site (metastasis). Tumors grow in bone
for many reasons - many are still unknown. As the tumors
grow, they weaken bone, cause pain and may lead to fractures.
Any bone can be affected with primary or metastatic tumors
and require surgical treatment. [
