Hello everyone! My name is Ira, I'm 18 years old. I live in Odessa. It all started when I was 16 years old. I was diagnosed with a tumor in my leg. And  since that time, for two years now, my life has been connected to hospitals. I never could I have imagined that instead of going to school and training, I  would be in the hospital and getting chemotherapy. I never thought that one day I'd be in pain just walking and I wouldn't be able to run and play volleyball. I never even in my worst nightmare that those I dreamed about would turn away. All my savings have long since been spent on   my treatment, as 8 chemotherapy was administered and an operation was performed ((a resection in the left tibia area), thereby removing the tumor and (a custom total knee arthroplasty), thereby replacing the removed bone with a prosthesis. This operation cost my family 12 thousand dollars.

I'm asking for help from caring people and from those for whom good is not just an empty phrase. To complete my treatment, I need to undergo another 3 block of HIGH-DOSE chemotherapy. After each chemotherapy session, I need medications to stimulate my bone marrow, as due to the large number of chemotherapy sessions I've undergone, my bone marrow is no longer able to produce vital cells on its own. After finishing chemotherapy, I'll need to undergo rehabilitation, go to a specialized gym and to a pool so that I can move around normally, because my goal isn't just to get better, but to also enter university and live a full life.

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