GAA fanatic Jodie Weldon was 16 years old when she was diagnosed with osteosarcoma
Jodie Weldon has been cancer-free for three years and has just completed her first year of early childhood studies in Maynooth University. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
“I was in agony. My dad brought me straight up to VHI. They were looking at it and put me in a different kind of knee brace and said if nothing changes in a week to come back,” she said. “Sarcoma is ultimately a cancer that can arise from any of the soft tissues. Ultimately that means you can get a sarcoma in any cell type,” he said.
“Whereas a sarcoma of bone starts in the bone. It’s a very difficult one to diagnose very early because kids and teenagers are the higher percentage of patients who get them. And they’re out, they’re playing sports, they get a knock and think it’s that. They don’t quite get over that injury and get it checked and then their world completely changes.”
“One of the side-effects of the chemo I was on was an impact on fertility. And because I was so young, I had to do . It’s a long process, it’s injections every day and ultrasounds all the time.That year was incredibly difficult but now Ms Weldon has been cancer-free for almost three years and has just completed her first year of early childhood studies in Maynooth University.
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