Eye Cancer

Did you know that about 70% of people in the United States get eye cancer? Eye cancer mostly affects the outer part of the eye. It is uncommon for people to get the eye cancer every year. Having a friend with a type of eye cancer is hard. She loved to cheer and watch her brother play soccer but when she found out that she had a tumor behind one of her eyes, it was like the world had stopped. Through three surgeries and many doctors’ appointments over the summer, she was able to say that she was a survivor of cancer at the age of 17. She cheers for her high school and all-star team. She was told that she might not be able to see out of that eye ever again and might not be able to have the chance to cheer again. But as of today, she has 50% of her vision in the eye and can do little cheerleading to just get her back into the flow of things. She had to miss her first day of school this year due to being in the hospital but some of her friends came and checked on her after school let out and got “first day of school” pictures with her. Her survival rate is 85% especially because they caught the tumor before it was able to spread to her brain. She still must do radiation therapy to help keep the eye doing good but that doesn’t keep her from going and watching her brother play his high school senior soccer season. There could be a chance that a tumor could come back in either eye. There are 7 stages of the cancer and she was lucky to have the lowest stage.