Pete's Progress - A Battle Against Sarcoma

A mother chronicles events in a war against what is sometimes referred to as an "orphan" cancer.

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That's the advice from the oncologist, who thinks it very well may be the same as the lump that appeared and then disappeared back in December.

Reggie: Cancer. A word that every person knows and fears. Mention it and it conjures up other words - like "Breast", "Lung", "Colon", etc. But what comes to mind when one hears the word "Sarcoma"? What body part do you associate with it? Why is it so unfamiliar? Until the fall of 2008, I had never really heard of it myself, but ever since then I have been educating myself about this insidious form of cancer. Sarcomas make up only about 1% of adult cancers. Most research and funds are directed to much more widespread cancers, the ones that the general public hears about and recognizes, and consequently successful treatments for Sarcoma are virtually non-existant. Every day I wear a bracelet that states "Sarcoma Knows No Borders" because it strikes any area of the body, any age, any sex, any nationality. It is often misdiagnosed or simply ignored until it is too late.

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