JasonSartain

My Experience with Cancer

I was diagnosed on September 25th, 2006 with Large diffused B-cell, non hodgkins burkitt’s like lymphoma. It was discovered during surgery to remove a mass in, near, around my appendix that had showed up on a CT Scan. We did not, know… nor were expecting… to find cancer. I was 26 years old at the time. I went to MD Anderson Cancer Center… and I’m thankful that I was able to be treated there. I went through 5 cycles of R-Hyper CVAD chemo therapy. I wasn’t able to finish the 6th treatment due to complications and problems getting all my counts back up. The doctors said that I reacted to the chemo much like an 80 year old man would, meaning I had many complications and was in the hospital a lot. Several infection, 2 almost near death, and dozens of emergency room nights. Plenty of incredible pain pills that took me months to kick after therapy… :) hmmm… what else? well,… anywho 2 years later I am still cancer free and I thank God for that!

Music

I recorded three songs through chemo… you can listen to them on myspace. you can get to myspace from my website… :)

http://www.jasonsartain.com

Reason for Being Here

If I can help, or offer encouragement… Let me know!

Words of Wisdom

It is what it is… you can not change what happen to you, only how you react to it.

Religion

Christian

Know Me

I am a 29 year old cancer survivor, worship leader, singer/songwriter, wannabe chef who loves to travel. I am married to the most wonderful woman in the world, who supports me at every turn, and constantly inspires me to be better. I am thankful for my life, and continually find purpose in all that our families have been through. I believe that God is the author of our stories, and that He is writing every line of it. Because of who God is, and how He has shown himself to me, I never wondered why anything was happening to me. While everything involving cancer was “hard” to go through, it’s all a blur, and I am extremely thankful for the friends and family that supported us through it. I’m not gonna lie to you… IT SUCKED! ;) but I was always able to look across the room and see someone who was worse of than me.