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Jenee Areeckal

Cancer Survivor: Jenee Areeckal

Social Worker

Age at first diagnosis, 15

Osteogenic sarcoma, January 1985

Recurrence in the lungs May 1985

Recurrence in the heart, 1988

Ovarian cancer, 2008

My ultimate goal is to have a camp for amputee children that would include sports, meditation, self-reflection, and self-esteem. It is important to help them be strong, to show them how to deal with all that they have lost, and to let them know that they can lead a normal life. My amputation never hindered me. I did all the things a normal teenage girl would do. I still ski and swim, and I recently started playing tennis again in a wheelchair.

 

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Uploaded on December 24, 2013
Taken in January 2014