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 Talking to adults about going through chemo and experiencing cancer is easier than trying to talk to kids about it. My challenge has always been to just be another one of the kids, to fit in and not be "that one legged" guy. One of the ways I get around being the cancer victim person is when kids ask me what happened to my leg I tell them my "surfing" story.
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 Joshua Isaac first discovered epithelioid sarcoma in his hand in 1998. Over the course of ten years he's tried multiple chemos, radiations and surgeries including amputation of his left hand to eradicate the disease. Unfortunately he continues to battle the cancer today. A corporate communications writer for 12 years, currently at Microsoft Corporation, Joshua uses creativity to help deal with the situation. In 2007 he completed a documentary about his experience called, "My Left Hand"
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 To say things can change with the blink of an eye is an understatement for any one that has been touched by cancer. In the matter of 4 days, life as we had always known was turned upside down. My 9 year old daughter, who was healthy and full of spunk, was about to face the battle of a lifetime. When she started limping 5 days before Thanksgiving with no swelling or pain in her knee we just figured she was growing. After 2 days of limping, her knee was swollen but did not hurt at all.
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 You would think that "Staying in the Game" meant the ability for me to be able to win the 2008 Alaska State Racquetball Championship in all ages, at age 62 years old while drawing a social security check!
But actually "Staying in the Game" for me is the transition my life slowly took in a positive way 7 years ago when I was told by my primary doctor, that I had an incurable and very rare cancer called Leiomyosarcoma or LMS.
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