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Story from Donna

Donna is the mother of Shanetell, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of her knee at age 12. Donna writes about how to deal with emotions in the family from a first hand experience. She gives specific suggestions regarding keeping a positive attitude during treatment and learning more about osteosarcoma. Shanetell is currently undergoing an experimental treatment that is still in the research stage to help prevent and reduce lung metastases. If you are interested in new treatments and clinical trials, be sure to look at the clinical trials page.

Story form Tina

Tina is the mother of Paige, who was diagnosed with osteosarcoma of her right leg at age 12. Unfortunately, Tina has had to deal with cancer on many occasions. Besides battling osteosarcoma, Paige was already diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma at age 3. Not only did Tina have to see her daughter experience two encounters with cancer, but her husband passed away from breast, bone, and lung cancer during the same time period. Paige is now back on her feet again and doing well. Although this family has gone through a lot of adversity, they still remain optimistic and see that life is worth the price they had to pay with their many illnesses.

Share your Story

When you first find out that you, or your loved one, has osteosarcoma, you may be afraid and lonely until you find others in your situation to talk to and learn from. Once you have accepted osteosarcoma as a part of your life and are less afraid of your disease, you may be ready to make a difference in the lives of other osteosarcoma patients by sharing your story and what you learned along the way.

Osteosarcoma Online is currently gathering stories from freinds and family members of osteosarcoma patients. So, if you are an osteosarcoma patient, or a friend/family member of an osteosarcoma patient, and would like to share your story, please contact us.