“Chemo f*cked me up,” Justice Wexler-Kariher told SurvivorNet when he sat down with his mom, Jayne, to discuss his experience with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Even though Jayne discouraged her son from dropping any more F-bombs, she certainly agreed with the sentiment about cancer treatment. Justice is now 16 years old. He spent many of his younger years going through treatment for ALL, and now, a side effect of chemotherapy, he is dealing with heart disease.
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“It’s been a hard road, but he gives us so much joy,” Jayne said. “He’s also a nuisance, but we bother him too and you know, now he’s a teenager. So, here we are telling this story. It’s wonderful.”
Justice had some advice for other kids who may be going through similar struggles, and explained that his cancer experience gave him a pretty profound outlook on life.
“If you’re ashamed of what you’ve been through — don’t be,” Justice said. “It makes you stronger as a person. While I would trade what happened to me in an instant … if I’m failing in school, whatever, it’s like … I beat cancer, what are you going to do?”
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“Chemo f*cked me up,” Justice Wexler-Kariher told SurvivorNet when he sat down with his mom, Jayne, to discuss his experience with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
Even though Jayne discouraged her son from dropping any more F-bombs, she certainly agreed with the sentiment about cancer treatment. Justice is now 16 years old. He spent many of his younger years going through treatment for ALL, and now, a side effect of chemotherapy, he is dealing with heart disease.
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“It’s been a hard road, but he gives us so much joy,” Jayne said. “He’s also a nuisance, but we bother him too and you know, now he’s a teenager. So, here we are telling this story. It’s wonderful.”
Justice had some advice for other kids who may be going through similar struggles, and explained that his cancer experience gave him a pretty profound outlook on life.
“If you’re ashamed of what you’ve been through — don’t be,” Justice said. “It makes you stronger as a person. While I would trade what happened to me in an instant … if I’m failing in school, whatever, it’s like … I beat cancer, what are you going to do?”
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical review process.
