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Oct 3, 2019 · Survivor. In early September 2001, Tracey Ferrin was 18 and pregnant with her second child. But an unexpected diagnosis of osteosarcoma put her life on hold. Today, she is cancer-free and giving back to others through myCancerConnection, MD Anderson's cancer support community.
Survivors share their experiences with life after cancer. For osteosarcoma patients, a final chemotherapy infusion, a last physical therapy appointment, or a cancer-free scan is a long-awaited moment.
- Treatment
- Metastasis
- Marriage and A Baby...And Recurrence
- Ongoing Recovery
- Life Now
- Thoughts For New Patients
I had seven rounds of chemotherapy before surgery. The chemos were Doxorubicin, Ifosfamide, high-dose Methotrexate with Leucovorin rescue, and Cisplatin. I had about three weeks off before surgery so I would have enough strength to make it through. Surgery was on January 6, 2004. I had limb salvage surgery which consists of inserting a titanium rod...
I had CT Scans every three months for the first year, then went to every six months, and then I was about to make it to once a year when my scan done in February 2007 showed a spot on my lung. My Oncologist was hopeful that it was nothing because by this time I had 3 years without any signs of mets or recurrence. So he decided to wait and do anothe...
In October 2008, I married the man of my dreams. I never thought that someone would come into my life and want to deal with all the things that sarcoma brings, but not only did he come into my life and I married him, but we also found out we were expecting a baby. My Oncologist was shocked to say the least, since chemo I never had a menstrual cycle...
I have had MANY years of physical therapy, initially to help with the lack of movement with my knee, to help strengthening my back (because of the way I walked my back has some issues), then to help with the use of a prosthesis. I still see a physical therapist to help with my back and to try and help my gait, so hopefully someday I will learn to u...
Things are definitely different now. I can’t say in a bad way though, just different. I miss things that I used to be able to do like playing volleyball, jumping or walking, running, crawling and squatting. I still have trouble using the prosthesis, so normal activities take me awhile. I walk slower, I get tired very easily and I have a lot of anxi...
Just take each day as it comes. I thought that once I knew what to expect from the chemotherapy that I would be able to plan for it each time I had a repeat. But the more chemo I had the more different my body would react to it. I would never know what to expect (in my situation), even though it was the same chemotherapies and the same doses. At th...
Mar 14, 2019 · Osteosarcoma was the last thing on Logan Patterson's mind during her junior year of high school. But after she began experiencing swelling in her leg and had trouble walking, an MRI and X-ray revealed a tumor.
Jan 19, 2018 · Overcoming the Unexpected: Sarcoma Survivor Tells His Story. Diagnosed with a type of sarcoma in 2009, Carl Granum is now a survivor, as well as a real estate developer, the owner of a consulting business, and the loving father of his 8-year-old daughter.
Luke was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in December 2009. Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer, often found in teens and young adults. Terrified and sad, Luke’s parents turned to the Internet for information but soon found that to be “way too scary,” said Jamie.
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