Karin was diagnosed with alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma when she was 20 years old. She felt a lump in her breast in December of 2001. The biopsy showed a malignancy but it was negative for breast cancer. At first they thought this must be the result of metastasis since alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma rarely shows up in the breast as the primary tumor. After all the scans and painful bone marrow biopsy Karin was told that she had a localized tumor.
This was great news but Karin still had to endure surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Karin created her blog to raise awareness about alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. Karin struggles to find stories of hope for survivors of this disease. She feels hope is very important.
I check Karin's blog regularly and right now she is having what I hope is just a scare. Something showed up on her recent CT scan. It's really small and might be nothing at all. Right now they are doing the wait and see approach and she will have more tests in the coming weeks.
