"I sometimes refer to the skier who ran into me that fateful day in February 2022, when I was 45, as my "blessing in disguise." It happened as we were getting off the chair lift in Mount Snow, Vermont, when the man lost control. He showed zero ski etiquette and took off. Not that it mattered at the time. I was in incredible pain after falling backward on the ice."
"The ski patrol was called, and I was taken down the mountain on a sled. The resort had a first aid clinic, and they gave me Tylenol. I underwent an X-ray, but the scan results were inconclusive. Back home, I experienced numbness in my legs, which concerned me greatly. I went to the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, where they did an MRI."
"I had a tumor on my kidney and lesions on my liver. I suspected the news was going to be bad It was a terrible shock. But worse was to come. HSS referred me to two specialists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - one for my kidneys, the other for my liver - who ran at least a dozen tests."
Liz Healy, 49, suffered a ski accident at Mount Snow, Vermont, three and a half years ago that caused a broken tailbone and severe sacral pain. Initial resort X-rays were inconclusive; numbness in her legs prompted an MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Imaging revealed a kidney tumor and liver lesions, prompting referrals to Memorial Sloan Kettering, where specialists ran many tests. The diagnosis arrived with a late Friday call that heightened shock. Healy refuses to be defeated by disease and is participating in this year's New York City Marathon.
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