[AMP-L] How Athlete With Bone Cancer Flipped a Coin to Decide on
Amputating His Leg
Wayne Renardson
wrenardson at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 05:44:45 PST 2022
via Survivor Net:
Two-time cancer survivor Alex Parra, 20, decided to amputate his leg
via a coin toss. That decision might´ve saved his life since doctors
discovered his cancer had spread upon amputation.
Parra has beaten both osteosarcoma and lung cancer, and now he´s
training to be a Paralympic athlete.
Resilience is not an uncommon trait amongst cancer warriors. Danielle
Ripley-Burgess, a two-time colon cancer survivor, says her cancer
journey helped her uncover "some beautiful things: Wisdom. Love. Life
purpose. Priorities."
Letting the flip of a coin decide your bone cancer treatment might seem
like a crazy reliance on fate. But for two-time bone cancer survivor Alex
Parra, 20, it might have just saved his life.
Parra´s cancer journey first began in 2016 when he went to the doctor
with severe knee pain.
The rest of the story, with photo & Instagrams, here:
https://tinyurl.com/ybj66qzw
Wayne R.
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