Meet Nick: Rhabdomyosarcoma

Though he's only a freshman in high school, Nick Reed has quickly become the go-to kid at Akron Children's Hospital when a teen patient is newly diagnosed with cancer. It may be his positive disposition or his willingness to listen and connect with people that continues to make him an inspiration to others every day. In the spring of 2007, Nick was diagnosed with Stage IV Rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer causing a tumor to grow into the end of his femur, or thigh bone.

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[Lordphantoma]

My name is Alex and im 24 and i have been cancer free for over 21 years from Rhabdomyosarcoma

[DisTheknight1]

hey nick im fifteen nd i was dianosed with rhabdo when i was 14..... i no how u fell against the chemo crap that stuff can really take a guy out!

[Triggin1]

@OmegaRockerz im pretty sure that is what that is. not inside, but next to. good luck and let me know how it goes!

[OmegaRockerz]

@Triggin1 Is paratesticular cancer the one thats not in the testicle but next to it? Thats what i had cut out last week and now i've got to have more surgery, chemo and radiation.

[onefoot7]

I compare chemo. to 80's music...it's nasty!...hahahahahaha, I love it, good one Nick!

[concordskijr]

i was 8 when i was diagnosed with a rhabdo... i'm 11 now.

[Triggin1]

dude, you have to give the 80's some love :-) there are some good tunes that came out ofthe 80's. anyways, i am also a survivor of Rhabdo, i was 19 and diagnosed with paratesticular cancer. had radiation, chemo, surgeries, the whole shibang!