March 2009
Thanks for the quick reply and info Mikey, yesterday when I went to my Chemo Orientation day, I was given a Cansupport brochure and told about their services...This whole thing seems so surreal, today I feel blank like it's not happening to me, yet yesterday morning I felt terrified. I've got Chemo next week and expect the worse but I know that it's bound to be beyond my wildest expectations....
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March 2009
Hi everyone,After two months of deliberation between specialists, being told I an incorrect diagnosis of Testicular Cancer followed by " Pop the Champagne, it's not cancer" and a final 2 week stay in hospital, I now know that I have a rare form of Cancer called Leiomayosarcoma (LMS) , a soft tissue cancer.A large mass in my liver was detected on a routine ultrasound whilst looking for gallstones, a following CT scan showed another tumour in my Psoas muscle and later a PET scan revealed a number of "hot spots" in my hip, neck and lung.It certainly has been a shock to both my wife and I as I've been mostly asymptomatic up till now. I was diagnosed earlier this week and I'm starting 3 consecutive day Chemo next week.I've read all that I can about Cancer and Chemo in general and I have found a few American sites about LMS, I've even started corresponding with a fellow LMS sufferer who lives in the USA but I was wondering if anyone had information regarding this unusual type of Cancer here in Australia ?
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