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- About Me:
- 25, Artist. Trying to find my place in the world after education and my life were halted due to tumors and surgeries. I'd love to find my way back to school.
- How do GCTs affect you?
- GCT patient
- Location of primary tumor:
- end of left femur, under knee
- Date of diagnosis of primary tumor:
- september 05
- Treatment of primary tumor:
- Well, I was mis/undiagnosed for so long that I fell on my way to the doctor and broke my femur. It was so destroyed that a metal plate and 9 or so screws were needed to stabilize and put it back together. The tumor was removed and filled with cement.
- Facility treated at for primary tumor:
- MGH Boston
- Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to another GCT patient?
- very much so!
- Recurrence? If so, where?
- Same place, exactly.
- Date of recurrence:
- June 07
- Treatment of recurrence:
- Well, surgery to remove it. My doctor's been a little less than forthcoming as to what he *exactly* did. ;) The metal was all removed (unbelievably less pain now!!!), someone's fibula is hanging out in my femur, stabilizing it.
- Facility treated at for recurrence:
- MGH again
- Would you recommend this facility and it's Doctors to other GCT patients?
- Of course, just expect a wait of 30 minutes to 3 hours for your appointment, bring a book or music
- Tumor free?
- GCT free as of 9/19/07, unfortunately I still have a uterine fibroid that's recurred
- Current GCT Status:
- watching it, hoping it doesn't come back this time!
- Website:
- http://tangerined.etsy.com
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Took a little fall
Really, it was a tiny fall. I fell to my knees trying to keep two waring cats from fighting (we're trying to integrate them, one snuck up while I was letting the other out). My good knee is absolutely fine, but the bad isn't so much. First the pain was on the kneecap and a sort of 'too-stretched' feeling from maybe extending the bend of my leg (which only goes to 110/120 degrees now) by falling on it. But since I fell on monday (today being friday) all pain has disappeared from the kneecap (exce… Continue
Posted on September 26, 2008 at 8:52am — 4 Comments
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ASh the life well not stop and please dont be sad we must be stronger than the pain my lige brok after 2 surgery and well do the3 in 15/1/2009
i had mared last samar and you can sea me in photos and my wife is pregnant
so i well be strong
your wordes seems to be sad
i dont like that can i be your friand from Sarya
yamen
I just found this forum, great to see you here and that you are doing well.
My tumor hasn't recurred, luckily..
Been tumor free since feb-06.
My psyche is going up and down, have become all hypochondric, thinking I have all kinds of deseases.
Hope you are good..
take care,
xoxo
Emely from Sweden
If you don't mind my asking, who was your doc at MGH?
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