I think the answer would be to tell her friends how much she likes being on the team because then they can know that it's something she likes to do and hopefully they'll respect that and not make fun of her.
How much you respect and like yourself
Well your body is affect by leukemia because once it starts taking out the white blood cells your body becomes weaker because there is nothing to fight off sickness so there really is no part of your body that leukemia does not effect.
