Start of week 3 of radiation. No skin peeling or blistering yet...

April 11th - two radiation treatments so far.

After 2 radiation treatments...

Starting to turn colors and is warm to the touch from radiation already.

Classy!!

My new best friend...

No more playing dot to dot on my leg!

Fwd:

Look close and you will see the three tattoo dots used for radiation on the left side of the scar.

My leg as of 4/2/15. This is what they did to get setup for radiation. The black smudges are where the permanent tattoos are located so they radiate the same location each day. Good news for the day - the cancer has NOT spread to my lymph nodes, lungs, or other organs! T2bNoMoGrade 3, Stage III pleomorphic sarcoma, high grade with myxoid features is the official diagnosis. Radiation starts on 4/9 and ends on 5/13. Surgery to remove the muscle will follow 4 weeks after.

3/31 The rest of the staples removed today. This is obviously before that happened.

Where does one start...how about HOLY SHIT, WTF, or WHY ME?! That's a pretty good start. I never in my wildest dreams imagined what I am in for. I mean ever. To keep this somewhat short, I will be having radiation 5 days a week for 5 weeks starting as early as April 9th on my thigh. It will be followed by a surgery 4 weeks later where they will remove the vastus medialis muscle from my leg. YES, THEY ARE REMOVING A MUSCLE FROM MY LEG! Pathology reports showed positive margins which means the cancer is still there. They're very worried about it going to my surgery incision and drain tube area so they will hit that with extra radiation. They are also doing CT scans of my organs next week and an MRI to see if the cancer has spread. Damn I hope not. The good news, if there is any, is that Moffitt has one of only 5 sarcoma units in the US, and my Oncologist is one of the best, and was named Physician of the Year. And for those of you asking about 2nd opinions, 3 pathologists agreed with the sarcoma diagnosis, and the slides will be sent to Moffitt for their pathologist to look at and to determine exactly which type of sarcoma this is, as there are 78 different kinds. So keep sending me your good juju because I may very well need it. I'm strong, but geesh, this is a big one...

My sarcoma. Removed 3/19 as a lipoma, diagnosed as cancer 3/23.

At home and in jail for 12 weeks. Who will go nuts first...him, or us?!

Feeling much better!

Poor Ditto - ACL surgery last week.

We got Maui'd!!

Feeling a bit better...

Abscess on Rustys shoulder now.

14 stitches

14 stitches ...

Sleep tight sweet boy

Waiting for the dermatologist.

Healing perhaps?