Giant Cell Tumor Network
John N. Montgomery's Page
Gifts Received
John N. Montgomery has not received any gifts yet
Latest Activity
Saw the doc again today for my second post surgery appointment. Everything looks good, but he did get on to me a bit about my activity level, told me to town it down a bit for while. I guess there was more swelling than he thought there should be....
Had my first post surgery follow up appointment on Thursday, October 8. Everything looked great, the pathology report on the tumor was good, benign giant cell tumor. Lung xray was good. I am off of the crutches now, yeah!
I go back in a month and...
Profile Information
- About Me:
- Mostly retired rugby player trying to transition to other sports, triathlons and biking. Getting to old to run around a rugby field with 20 year olds :-)
Tumor discovered because knee began to hurt when running, I thought I had torn something, had an MRI and then a bone biopsy. Never expected this diagnosis, but I guess it could be worse....
- How do GCTs affect you?
- GCT patient
- Location of primary tumor:
- proximal tibia
- Date of diagnosis of primary tumor:
- September 4, 2009
- Treatment of primary tumor:
- September 16, 2009 - curettage, high speed burr, phenol. Just more fun than any one person should get to have :-)
- Facility treated at for primary tumor:
- UAB - Dr. Herrick Siegel
- Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to another GCT patient?
- Yes
- Recurrence? If so, where?
- No
- Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to other GCT patients?
- Yes
- Metastasis? If so, where?
- No
- Tumor free?
- Yes
- Current GCT Status:
- Recovering from surgery, I can think of better ways to be "one in a million"
John N. Montgomery's Photos
John N. Montgomery's Blog
Second Post Surgery
Saw the doc again today for my second post surgery appointment. Everything looks good, but he did get on to me a bit about my activity level, told me to town it down a bit for while. I guess there was more swelling than he thought there should be.
I go back in 3 months for a follow up. He said everything looked good, no more tumor!
I go back in 3 months for a follow up. He said everything looked good, no more tumor!
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 7:46pm —
Surgery Follow Up
Had my first post surgery follow up appointment on Thursday, October 8. Everything looked great, the pathology report on the tumor was good, benign giant cell tumor. Lung xray was good. I am off of the crutches now, yeah!
I go back in a month and the doc says he will probably release me to normal activity then, hopefully meaning I cant start running again. He says I will need to wait 6-9 months before I try to snow ski or play rugby....
That is all...
I go back in a month and the doc says he will probably release me to normal activity then, hopefully meaning I cant start running again. He says I will need to wait 6-9 months before I try to snow ski or play rugby....
That is all...
Posted on October 9, 2009 at 11:48pm —
© 2009 Created by Heather on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
Comment Wall (5 comments)
You need to be a member of GCT Connect to add comments!
Join this Ning Network