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Kim Savoie Armstrong
- 37, Female
- Alpharetta, GA
- United States
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- How do GCTs affect you?
- GCT patient
- Location of primary tumor:
- Femur Bone (the neck of the femur bone)
- Date of diagnosis of primary tumor:
- AUG 21, 2008
- Treatment of primary tumor:
- Sept 9, 2008: removal and bone cement, follow-up every 3 mos with x-rays of the hip and lungs for 2-3 years
- Facility treated at for primary tumor:
- Emory, Dr. Shervin Oskouei
- Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to another GCT patient?
- Yes
- Recurrence? If so, where?
- femural head
- Date of recurrence:
- December 2008
- Treatment of recurrence:
- Surgery 01/22/09
Partial Hip Replacement and will need full replacement within 10-15 years.
- Facility treated at for recurrence:
- Emory Crawford Long again
- Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to other GCT patients?
- Yes
- Metastasis? If so, where?
- No
- Tumor free?
- I hope
- Current GCT Status:
- In Limbo
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Latest Surgery
Just thought I'd share my latest experience because I really find everyone's stories to be very helpful to me. I have learned more from this site than any other place I have found information.
So here it is:
I had surgery on Jan 22, 2009 to remove the head and neck of my femur and have a Partial Hip Replacement. I went in for surgery around 10am and surgery seemed to run smoothly. They moved me to post-op and my family and I were told all went well. Then....I was x-rayed while in post-op. (they… Continue
So here it is:
I had surgery on Jan 22, 2009 to remove the head and neck of my femur and have a Partial Hip Replacement. I went in for surgery around 10am and surgery seemed to run smoothly. They moved me to post-op and my family and I were told all went well. Then....I was x-rayed while in post-op. (they… Continue
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thank you for the interest. the first one was benign. corey's tumors are now malignant and is being treated with experimental chemo because they are so rare. he has had different drugs each time.this time he's on vinorelbine and gemicitabine and taxotee. it has been doing the job. His dr's (team) have not seen another case like his. yes it has been very stressful but we have faith and many prayers for him. the reason his gct have metastacised is from the radiation, which can cause that to happen. i have really learned alot about cancer since all of this has happened. hs dr's are like family now and they say he's very "unique" with his gct's. please keep in touch. best wishes to you. susan