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Martin’s Story
“In October of 2010 I ran into the back door at home. I hit my right side of my face hard, so hard it left an imprint of where I hit on the door for at least 2-3 weeks. Days after I hit this door I started having pains in my jaw on the right side. The pain lasted for days and then turned into months. They said I had TMJ. They treated for that and still nothing. Then around January 2011 I felt a bump behind me right ear. We went to get that checked out at my local Dr.'s Office. The Physicians Assistant there felt what I felt. She ordered a Cat Scan that would then save my life perhaps. The results came back there was a tumor there. In February 2011 I was diagnosed with Stage IV Rhabdomyosarcoma. (I'll keep it short here) Over the next 3 years I was treated with a number or chemotherapies (8 I think), I did as much radiation as I was allowed, I had a couple of 90 day stays in the hospital, and had many surgeries done. And after relapsing a couple times I hate to say that as of July 2014 the cancer is active. It's funny tho, cancer doesn't realize every time it comes back I come back stronger ;D”
-Martin Thiele
-Martin Thiele