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They told me the chemo wasn’t working. The tumor hadn’t shrunk—not even a bit. T…

They told me the chemo wasn’t working. The tumor hadn’t shrunk—not even a bit. The only option left was to remove a third of my body to save my life. I was just 16, forced to choose between dying young or letting go of everything I believed made me who I was. What no one warned me about was that the hardest part of the fight was still ahead.