Team Janelle - Fighting Sarcoma
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On April 10th, my best friend and housemate was diagnosed with cancer. In February, Janelle fell outside our home on her way to class and began having pain in her lower back. After a month or so she went to the hospital to see what was wrong, as it couldn’t possibly be from falling a month prior. Doctors thought it was a bruised bone, maybe a slipped disk, or possibly a kidney infection... Come April, after spending 10 days at Mass General Hospital, undergoing multiple scans and tests, Janelle had a biopsy done revealing the pain was from cancer. She was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, an extremely rare bone cancer most often found in children and adolescents.
When I found out it was cancer, I said to myself, “Of all people to get cancer… I am absolutely stunned it’s Janelle.” If there is a poster child for healthy living and positive energy, it would be her. Before her diagnosis, Janelle was either at the yoga studio, tearin’ up the mountains in the winter, whipping up a delicious healthy (usually vegan) meal in our kitchen, or hanging with friends at the Ski and Board house. She also spent the last two years working with the UMass Amherst based nonprofit, Protect Our Breasts, an organization that focuses on sharing the conversation about chemicals in products that contribute to cancer, and empowering women to make safer choices to protect their health.
Janelle is currently the co-president of the UMass Ski and Board Club, and will be beginning her senior year online this fall. Janelle is still on track to graduate from UMass Amherst in May 2019.
As Janelle continues this long journey, she needs your help! She is currently receiving treatment and going through rounds of chemotherapy at Mass General Hospital in Boston. Her treatment is extremely rigorous, tiring, and will be ongoing for the unforeseeable future. Once she is done with chemo, she will most likely need additional treatments such as a bone marrow transplants and clinical trials. Janelle and her family greatly appreciate your support in her fight against cancer. We thank you for your positive thoughts and any contribution to her fund.
To follow Janelle’s journey, check out her blog at https://climbingontrees.com
#TeamJanelle #BeatSarcoma #StrongerThanSarcoma
When I found out it was cancer, I said to myself, “Of all people to get cancer… I am absolutely stunned it’s Janelle.” If there is a poster child for healthy living and positive energy, it would be her. Before her diagnosis, Janelle was either at the yoga studio, tearin’ up the mountains in the winter, whipping up a delicious healthy (usually vegan) meal in our kitchen, or hanging with friends at the Ski and Board house. She also spent the last two years working with the UMass Amherst based nonprofit, Protect Our Breasts, an organization that focuses on sharing the conversation about chemicals in products that contribute to cancer, and empowering women to make safer choices to protect their health.
Janelle is currently the co-president of the UMass Ski and Board Club, and will be beginning her senior year online this fall. Janelle is still on track to graduate from UMass Amherst in May 2019.
As Janelle continues this long journey, she needs your help! She is currently receiving treatment and going through rounds of chemotherapy at Mass General Hospital in Boston. Her treatment is extremely rigorous, tiring, and will be ongoing for the unforeseeable future. Once she is done with chemo, she will most likely need additional treatments such as a bone marrow transplants and clinical trials. Janelle and her family greatly appreciate your support in her fight against cancer. We thank you for your positive thoughts and any contribution to her fund.
To follow Janelle’s journey, check out her blog at https://climbingontrees.com
#TeamJanelle #BeatSarcoma #StrongerThanSarcoma
Fundraising team: Team Janelle (2)
Stelliana Benson
Organizer
Danvers, MA
Janelle Tobin
Beneficiary
Janis Tobin
Team member