A former osteogenic sarcoma patient, now a cancer nurse, recalls the wide range of emotional needs she experienced as a cancer patient in a large teaching hospital. Chemotherapy treatments, combined with numerous surgical attempts to save her leg, created complications that later necessitated an above-knee amputation to save her life. Convinced from both the patient's and nurse's perspectives that empathetic nurses have a crucial role in helping osteogenic sarcoma patients effectively cope with the emotional stress caused by various cancer treatments, the author recounts some of her experiences in an effort to make nurses aware of patients' holistic needs, as well as ways to provide psychologic support.
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