Wellness Wednesday: Adult Nueroblastoma

Hi Friends!

As many of you may or may not know I’m currently battling Stage IV High Risk Neuroblastoma Cancer. Neuroblastoma is primarily found in children and is extremely rare for adults to get.

Cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. Cells in nearly any part of the body can become cancer, and can spread to other areas of the body.


Neuroblastoma starts in certain very early forms of nerve cells, most often found in an embryo or fetus. (The term neurorefers to nerves, while blastoma refers to a cancer that affects immature or developing cells). This type of cancer occurs most often in infants and young children. It is rare in children older than 10 years and adults.


The sympathetic nervous system

The brain, spinal cord, and the nerves that reach out from them to all areas of the body are all part of the nervous system. The nervous system is needed for thinking, sensation, and movement, among other things.



  • Nerve fibers that run along either side the spinal cord.




  • Most neuroblastomas begin in sympathetic nerve ganglia in the abdomen, about half of these start in the adrenal gland.
  • Most of the rest start in sympathetic ganglia near the spine in the chest or neck, or in the pelvis. Mine was in my left pelvis area!

Some neuroblastomas grow and spread quickly, while others grow slowly. Sometimes, in very young children, the cancer cells die for no reason and the tumor goes away on its own. In other cases, the cells sometimes mature on their own into normal ganglion cells and stop dividing (this makes the tumor a benign ganglioneuroma).

I hope this was helpful in understanding what kind of cancer I have! Cheers!

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