Jarrett Stein, Nashville, TN

Jarrett Stein

Jarrett Stein
Cancer Survivor
Age 14 at diagnosis, now 19
Nashville, TN

I know that I benefited from the experiences of children who were treated before me, because my protocol was the result of clinical trials that other children enrolled in. As a way to honor those children and help others in the future, I am trying to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer research, for cures and less toxic treatments, and for survivorship programs. That is why I go to Washington to speak with representatives from Tennessee, that is why I share strategies that worked for me with other teens, and that is why I am sharing my story here.

After having cancer, I now realize what is important to me and what is not and when I am being true to myself and when I am not. Although it may seem that sometimes we are given too many choices and sometimes we are given too few, for me it is the understanding that it is not only the choices I am given, but the ones I create on my own that will mold who I am and who I become.

 

 

Submitted by Jacob (admin) on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 12:33am