When you are Addison Rowan at the age of 11 palpated in the breast of an unusual lump, doctors considered it a symptom of beginning puberty. However, this formation has been in the next five years enlarged to the size of the ping -pong ball, which had to undergo examinations in the hospital. , then she learned the shocking message. She suffered from a disease that affects only 80 Americans per year.
Addison you A teenager from North Carolina, which many people considered a volleyball star. When she was 11 years old, she found a strange lump on one of her breasts, which was the size of the peas. But her family She was assured at that time that this was not a big problem, so they did not solve the situation at all.
Over time, however, the situation has changed. Little lump She grew what Addison forced to go to the hospital. At that time, doctors said that due to her age and lack of family history, the likelihood of breast cancer is less than one to 100. However, they later found something more dangerous. It turned out that A girl has a cancerous tumor called Alveolar Sando Sawkoma (Asps), which, if not caught on time, kills four out of ten children.
This type of extremely rare cancer is forms in the soft tissue found between fat, muscles and nerves. Although it usually appears on the hands and feet, it can also be seen in other parts of the body. Experts pointed out to the fact that only about 80 Americans per year affected. Doctors also believe that Addison is only the second recorded case of the asps that has been created in the breast.
Cancer has spread further
A secondary school student about her diagnosis She learned after returning home from the examination where she found her parents to cry. “I immediately started to cradle. I just froze. I didn’t even talk about 20 minutes. I was in a huge shock,” said 19-year-old Addison.
Three days later she underwent surgery. During a six -hour procedure Doctors have found that her cancer has spread to the surrounding tissue in the breast and around the ribs. Surgeons therefore taken the ligament from the skin on her back to reconstruct her breast and have to remove her rib. “When I woke up I had great pain. I was very frightened because I never felt something like that before. I still asked my parents if I could do it, “she added.
Doctors have finally managed Remove the whole cancer and celebrated the third year without cancer last October. “I found that I was stronger than I thought. That helped me defeat the adversity of the fate,” she said, saying She started playing volleyball for its university again and studying oncology and pathology. “It doesn’t matter what a rare disease you have, because you have your story and the future under control,” Addison said.
