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Margaret

Location:
Cromwell

Name: Margaret

Did You Have Cancer?: Yes

Diagnosis Ewing's Sarcoma

Protocol and Treatment I was diagnosed at the age of 18 with Ewing's Sarcoma in the left illiac crest. It spread into the pelvis. I've had four surgeries: three for my port-a-cath and then had a hip re-section (for removal of the tumor) with a strut allograft. Along with surgery, I went through 11 months of chemotherapy.

Hospital CCMC and Yale New Haven

Gender: Female

Location: Cromwell, CT, USA

Relationship: Single

Children Status: Maybe Someday

Here For: Friends

High School Cromwell High School

College: University of Hartford

Favorite Music: Cat Power, Tegan and Sara, Emmy the Great, The Waifs, Neko Case, Beirut, Stars, She & Him, Mates of State, Maria Taylor, Bellafea, Feist, Arcade Fire, Crooked Still, Jesca Hoop, Metric, Horse Feathers, My Morning Jacket, Damien Rice, Laura Veirs, Bob Dylan, Owl & The Pussycat, Kaki King, Kate Nash, The National, The Mountain Goats, Broken Social Scene, MGMT, Pernice Brothers, The Swell Season, St. Vincent

Favorite Movies: Ghost World, Once, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, The Return of the Pink Panther, Pan's Labyrinth, Batman Returns, The Corpse Bride, The Princess Bride

Favorite Books: Before I Die, Animal Dreams, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Lyrical Ballads, Fray, Batman: The Killing Joke, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Importance of Being Earnest, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dirt Music, Harry Potter series, Lyrical Ballads

Favorite TV Show's: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 30 Rock, The Office, Absolutely Fabulous, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Pushing Daisies, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Reno 911!, Arrested Development, Farscape

Interests: Reading books and comics, Riding my bicycle, Playing video games

About Me: I am a 21 year old student at the University of Hartford. I'm a junior Human Services major. I've been in remission for two years.