Scott Boyd
Alanya,

I grew up in Mt. Snow Vermont, went to university in Florida for my BA (1989) and MLA (1992) in Literature and Humanities. I went to Ohio Univeristity for my Ph.D. in Comparative Arts (1999). At 19yrs. I hiked for 2 months on the Appalachian Trail and in 1988 I bought my first MTB and started to race. In 1990 at 23, I was diagnosed with cancer. In 1993 I rode my bike 4,000 miles, for 10 weeks, accross the US and Canada and in 1995 I became a CAT. 2 roadie and raced MTBs for Fox Racing. In 1997 I moved to Turkey where I founded Marmara Mountain Bike Adventures and Bike Turkey dot Com. We are a GIANT Bicycles importer and distributor, event managment and tourism company (I also have a little bike shop) in Alanya, Turkey. I am married, with no kids (just lots of bikes).

Cancer Overview:

General Cancer Type: Sarcoma

Specific Cancer Type: Liposarcoma

Treatment Summary:
My tumor (in the abdomen) was found by accident during an apendectomy, and was originally mis-diagnosed. When it diagnosed properly, I underwent immeadiate surgery for resection of the tumor. I lost my right kidney and 1/3 of my bowel. I declined to undergo Chemo (the med research at the time did not indicate any impact of Chemo on recurrence of liposarcomas), however underwent 2 months of almost daily radiation treatments. It has just been 10 years since diagnosis and I'm still around.

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