Aged 15, Maria Lawal thought she had a muscle injury from her basketball training - but she got the devastating news that she had osteosarcoma.
A teen athlete who thought she was suffering from a muscle strain had her sports dreams dashed after receiving a devastating diagnosis. Maria Lawal was a fit and healthy 15-year-old who spent most of her time after school training.
Sadly, a scan found a tumour and, in February 2008, Maria was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. Shortly after her diagnosis, Nigerian-born Maria had surgery to remove the bone from her hip down to below her knee, which was replaced with a titanium prosthesis. She received chemotherapy for eight months. “I couldn’t believe I had to find the strength and courage again from nowhere to go through it all again,” explained Maria. “It was far from easy, and my dreams of being an athlete were over, but I was determined not to give up on myself and not let my family down after everything we’d been through.
Maria said: “I still wear my wigs. I love having a choice of colour each day. I started making them so that women and girls like me felt they had a better choice and to help them to feel good inside and out.
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