I Have Cancer But It Doesn't Have Me

My story really begins early in the fall of the year of 2003. I was starting

to experience the loss of some of my strength. My left arm and leg to

be exact. No real ache or pain.

 

I had over extended the bottom of my left foot a couple of months ago. I was

transferring a patient from his bed to his wheel chair at my work site. I was

working as a medical assistant at a health care site. I was taken by fellow

worker to a company doctor. He put me in a boot to support my weight,

keeping off my foot. I missed a couple of weeks work. First work I had missed

in three years. The foot seemed improved after a time.

 

A short time later, my knee on both of my lets started giving me a whole lot of

trouble. I was now having pain in both my legs and both of my knees. I began

to think that maybe it was actually caused by the weather. The weather was

starting to cool down. Fall and winter were approaching.

 

I was beginning to slow down on my job. I was employed by Great Bend

Health and Rehabilitation. The job of medical assistant requires that you are

in good health. My leg and arm had gotten so bad I just couldn’t do my job

as it should be done.