A Quality Life: Paul’s Ewing Sarcoma and Palliative Care Story

A Quality Life: Paul’s Ewing Sarcoma and Palliative Care Story

On good days, you can find Paul in his house intently focused on one of his woodworking projects. It’s hard work, but it’s a labor of love. “I’m not the type to sit still. I’m at my happiest when I’m working with my hands and creating something new,” says Paul.  The fact that Paul is able to get up and do woodwork is something even he couldn’t have imagined five years ago when he was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma—a rare cancerous tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around the bones. A tumor in his spine caused immense back pain, made worse by symptoms from chemotherapy, radiation, and several spinal surgeries. He couldn’t do even the smallest of tasks. That’s when he was referred to palliative care.

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