“I thought they were just muscle cramps, until I saw my arm swell. I wondered if I fractured it unknowingly. I had not. The pain got so bad that I had to tell my parents. Then came the fever, and finally came the diagnosis. My life is not the same since I met cancer.”My name is Pooja. I’m 18. I was going to finish 12th grade this year. I was so happy about stepping out of school and making it to college. It is a special time in everyone’s life, isn’t it? I am a district level athlete. When my arm began aching, I assumed it was just muscle pain from exhaustion. I never imagined I’d be here in the hospital, missing my own graduation, having surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation, and losing the will to live because of cancer.Pain, cancer and then dengueI got terrified when my arm began to swell up. The pain was excruciating and it came with a high temperature. When I told my parents, they took me to every doctor they could find. I was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma – bone can
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