Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with cancer or told your disease is terminal, there’s always a place for hope. I truly believe I wouldn’t have made it this far if that wasn’t true.

In 2001, I was diagnosed with a very rare extraskeletal osteosarcoma that had spread to my left kidney. Serious odds were stacked against me, but I pulled through. Unfortunately, sarcoma turned out to be just the beginning of my care at MD Anderson...