Just got the call this pm no one wants from my doctor re: biopsy.... looks like it's time for radiation, excision, possible amputation... weirdoma... going for follow up soon
wish me luck.... jumping into the medical system as a patient isn't something I look forward to.
John L
wish me luck.... jumping into the medical system as a patient isn't something I look forward to.
John L
John, I'm very sorry to hear this and wish you the best. One of my dear friends just went through this (it was in his neck), but here he is a year later, full of **** and vinegar. Hope yours goes the same way.
It's a leiomyosarcoma, probably stage 2B on my upper left arm. We're trying to get into OH. States' sarcoma oncology unit for some sort of treatment protocol early next week.
Hopefully it may be early enough that no metastatic process...
Hopefully it may be early enough that no metastatic process...
That's very, very bad news... I wish you all the strength and luck one can imagine on the road ahead..
but please try to keep smiling from time to time.... it proves to be very helpful 😉
but please try to keep smiling from time to time.... it proves to be very helpful 😉
John,
as much as losing a limb would be life changing if that is the final outome and you avoid any mestastices then you will have a much greater chance of having a life to change.
Wishing you luck and the most positive outcome you could wish for. Hoping limb loss is the absolute worst case scenario and just some crappy zapping takes care of this. You'll get a cancer tattoo, a little dot used for lining up the radiation machine. I wanted a bullseye but they didn't do requests 🙂
as much as losing a limb would be life changing if that is the final outome and you avoid any mestastices then you will have a much greater chance of having a life to change.
Wishing you luck and the most positive outcome you could wish for. Hoping limb loss is the absolute worst case scenario and just some crappy zapping takes care of this. You'll get a cancer tattoo, a little dot used for lining up the radiation machine. I wanted a bullseye but they didn't do requests 🙂
After reviewing the MRI , the oncologist feels he can resect the tumor without an amputation, as the mass seems tethered subcutaneous, and not to voluntary musculature or bone.
CT tomorrow to r/o mets, then surgical excision Monday with several days of wound evacuation , then skin graft, so full week at OSU cancer center for me!
All I keep thinking of is the Black Knight in Monty Python "It's just a flesh wound... and I'm not dead yet!...."
Wish me luck
John L
CT tomorrow to r/o mets, then surgical excision Monday with several days of wound evacuation , then skin graft, so full week at OSU cancer center for me!
All I keep thinking of is the Black Knight in Monty Python "It's just a flesh wound... and I'm not dead yet!...."
Wish me luck
John L
When my wife and I went through her breast cancer diagnosis 4-1/2 years ago (yes, she's very much still alive!) there came a point when I had to remind her that she was scheduled for a BIopsy, not an AUTOPSY. Whether good or bad, keep things in a realistic perspective.
Dale
Good luck. So far it certainly appears you are being spared the worst, so that might be good luck already.
I really don't know what to say, as I lost my mother to cancer (overian) some 33 years ago.
I really hate to hear of anyone getting any form of it.
Best wishes and my prayers for you.
I really hate to hear of anyone getting any form of it.
Best wishes and my prayers for you.
Update
Well, it's on to healing mode. Still in the cancer center, but they took the tumor out with clear margins, then applied a skin graft from my thigh. Tumor was roughly 3.8 cm, and high grade, but superficial attachment, no metastasis, and no fascia penetration, so that's a good thing. Hopefully, I'll get to go home Saturday
Here's a b4 and after pic for the inquisitive minded:
Well, it's on to healing mode. Still in the cancer center, but they took the tumor out with clear margins, then applied a skin graft from my thigh. Tumor was roughly 3.8 cm, and high grade, but superficial attachment, no metastasis, and no fascia penetration, so that's a good thing. Hopefully, I'll get to go home Saturday
Here's a b4 and after pic for the inquisitive minded:
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