(STORY UPDATE 1) : It's cancer!, Fresh diagnosis confirms Shakera Facey's worst fear..." Dr Banbury explained that she had a tumour and as a result of the tumour she had developed fluids in her lungs and was in respiratory distress,"...."If she had stayed a day later, chances are she would not be here today, that is how bad it was," Dr Dawes said on Tuesday. WATCH 20-min interview with RulaBrownNetwork (RBN)


BY DONNA HUSSEY-WHYTE Sunday Observer Staff Reporter husseyd@jamaicaobserver.com  Sunday, February 08, 2015  
Medical practitioner Dr Alfred Dawes has confirmed the worst fear of a young woman featured in last week's edition of the Sunday Observer — that she has cancer.
Shakera Facey, 19, has a large tumour growing on her arm, and her story resulted in hundreds of responses offering support to her in her plight.
Dr Dawes, who is also president of the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) reached out to Facey after reading about her condition, which also detailed the family's uncertainty following a diagnosis at the Kingston Public (KPH) which showed the teen's condition to be cancer while examinations by private doctors showed inflammation. He said that the biopsy and follow-up examinations showed that Facey has a rare type of cancer of the bone called an osteosarcoma.
Shakera Facey
Osteosarcoma is a cancerous (malignant) bone tumour that usually develops in teenagers. Many patients first complain of pain that may be worse at night, and may have been occurring for some time. If the tumor is large, it can appear as a swelling. Sometimes a sudden fracture of bone is the first symptom because affected bone is not as strong as normal bones and may fracture with minor trauma, as in Facey's case when she broke her fall in June with her left hand.
Facey, who resides in Redwood, Linstead with her father Vincent was working in St Ann when she went to dispose of garbage and fell. In an attempt to break her fall, she used her left arm to regain her balance and since then has been complaining of pain in her shoulder. more
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  1. UnknownFebruary 8, 2015 at 7:33 AM

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  2. UnknownFebruary 8, 2015 at 7:34 AM

    I WOULD LOVE TO SEND MONEY TO SUPPORT THIS SISTA --THE BIGGEST PROBLEM TO ME IS THAT A WEEK AGO THEY HAVE HAD 3 DIFFERENT POSTINGS AND AMOUNTS LISTED AND CONDITION OF THIS SISTA --THE HOSPITAL DOESN'T KNOW SO HOW ARE THEY GOING TO TREAT HER ANDS FOR WHAT ARE THEY TREATING HER? ---NOW THERE IS THIS PERSONAL BANK ACCOUNT NOT SURE IF IT IS LINKED THE HOSPITAL AND THE ACTUAL REAL AMOUNT OF HER SERVICES AND CONDITIONS, NOW I AM HEARING CANCER, WHAT STAGES, ARE THEY GOING TO DO SURGERY? WHY ARE THEY MAKING HER WAIT? IF THEY CAN TRULY SAVE THIS SISTA WHY DON'T THEY AND WORRY ABOUT MONEY LATER? I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHY THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT STEPPED IN AND GIVEN THE MONEY TO SAVE THIS SISTAS LIFE - THIS IS SO HEART BREAKING - BUT WHAT ARE THE FACTS HERE --I AM WILLING TO GIVE DONATIONS --I HAVE LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW OF THIS SISTA ALLEGEDLY SPEAKING THEIR IS NO LIVE FOOTAGE TO CONFIRM WHO WE ARE LISTENING TOO ----JAMAICA DO BETTER FOR YOUR PEOPLE, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHERE ARE YOU, ARTIST WHERE ARE YOU ---I NEED MORE INSIGHT--SOMEONE ? AN ACCOUNT SHOULD BE SET UP STRICTLY FOR DONATIONS AND STICKILY FOR HER TO GO TO A HOSPITAL THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE DOING, WE SHOULD SEE A BILL AND THE BILL SHOULD CONSIST OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN DETAILED PROCEDURES --TO MANY PEOPLE GET FUNDINGS AND THE MONEY DOES NOT GO FOR THE INTENT IT IS NEEDED FOR

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2015 at 10:14 AM

    Why did she have to wait so long? Why have not any Dr. there in Ja step up and step out? Why did her Dr let her wait that long? Why havent anyone from U.S step up and help out meaning drs? you have a oppty to save a life. She reaching out to save her life she sounds desperate too me. $7000 Ja Dollars that is --7000 Jamaican Dollar equals $60.5748 US Dollar..Seriously even its fake or real that does not even feel my tank for gas. So thats not that much..I agree with lady above set up a fund

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