Thursday, June 12, 2008

Angio Sarcoma

Angio Sarcoma is the name of the type of cancer I have been diagnosed with. This is a very aggressive and can be deadly if not caught early. The rarity of this type of cancer is also a problem. To put it in perspective I read and article that said 2 or 3 out of a million people that are diagnosed with cancer turn up with this time. The seriousness of the situation should be understandable after that little fact. At the moment we do not know how early it has been caught or how late that for that matter. I am having a chemotherapy treatment tomorrow morning around 11am. The actual treatment is about 20 minutes long and I only need it once every weeks. The after effects are not as bad as they were the first time. I will basically be very very tired and quite nauseated. I am very worried about this type of cancer. I guess I jumped the gun by reading about it online before talking with my doctor. Dr. Hegeman here in Madison has said he has a good feeling about my chances of beating it because I am young and pretty healthy. I am also a pretty aggressive person who is willing to do anything. He has already passed my case on to a sarcoma specialist here in Madison who is considered the best at treating it. He has developed some experimental treatments if the actual chemo isn't changing anything at all. As for heading to Minnesota I am going to say I am still heading back. I want to find a sarcoma specialist before I go anywhere. All I know is that this thing won't take me without one hell of a fight and I know I won't be the one losing. I am so sick of going through this shit with my health every year. Hopefully, WHEN I beat it this time. I can lead a healthy life.

4 comments:

Heather said...

you are amazing. let me know what i can do to help.

Anonymous said...

hang in there man, you've got a lot of people out here thinking about you

Anonymous said...

Hey man the Olivia crew is praying and pulling for you. Stay tuff man.

Twitchy said...

I'm so sorry. You're going to get throguth this, though. We're all here to help. We'll be praying for you.

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