After seeing her article featured last week, we had to get this omie on the podcast! Tune in to hear from Ellie sharing her story:
"I have to believe that going through all of this at a young age has happened for a reason. I’m not someone who blindly believes God has a plan for everything, but in my case, I can’t help but recognize that He’s taught me a lesson. Spending your whole life worrying about what has happened, what will happen, what might happen, is a waste of time. I am proof that worrying does not work! I worried my whole life that I would get cancer. And guess what? It didn’t stop me from getting it."
LINK TO ARTICLE
Summary of her diagnosis:
Diagnosed with choroidal (retina) melanoma in November, 2022.
Had surgery in Boston, MA to implant a tantalum ring in my eye, at the end of November.
Treated with proton beam radiation in Boston, MA in December.
Follow-ups show shrinkage in the tumor. Slowly losing some peripheral eyesight. No sign of metastasis as of fall 2023.
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