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A mother chronicles events in a war against what is sometimes referred to as an "orphan" cancer.
Important Dates
- Born: March 16, 1975
- Diagnosed MFH Sarcoma: December 2008
- Died: February 23, 2011
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- Back Home Again - December 30, 2010
- The Nose Knows - December 28-29, 2010
- Blizzard - December 27, 2010
- A Wonderful Christmas Present - December 25, 2010
- An Unexpected Gift - December 23, 2010
- Back Pain Easing - December 22, 2010
- Monday Morning - December 20, 2010
- Leptomeningeal Meningitis - December 17, 2010
- Radiation Session #2 - December 16, 2010
- Radiation, Chemo, and Another MRI - December 15, 2010
- Kindness - December 14, 2010
- MRI Results - December 14, 2010
- Text From Pete - December 14, 2010
- Portacath Removed - December 13, 2010
- The Ferris Wheel - December 11, 2010
- Nine to Nine - December 9, 2010
- Got Through the Night - December 9, 2010
- Troubling Temperature - December 8, 2010
- Another Unexpected Trip to the City - December 7, ...
- I Forgot One Thing - December 4, 2010
- Numbers Still In the OK Range - December 3, 2010
- New Pump - December 1, 2010
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- 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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