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Kara Skrubis was 18 when she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer.She was majoring in dance, until she needed her leg amputated.Now, she teaches dance with a prosthetic...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kara Skrubis, the Junior Advisory Board President for MIB Agents, an organization that provides resources for osteosarcoma patients and their families..
Whether I became a professional dancer or a teacher, I knew I always wanted dance to be part of my life...
There are three common options for osteosarcoma patients: limb-saving surgery (where a metal rod is inserted into the leg), rotationplasty (where the knee joint is removed and the ankle joint is rotated to act as a replacement knee), or above-the-knee amputation...
This spring, three years after my amputation, I performed a self-choreographed dance solo with the University at Buffalo ballet program, where I had once studied..
