Type of Sarcoma: LiposarcomaDate of Diagnosis: 2012 Rein in Sarcoma has been a meaningful part of many patient and families’ lives and a source of strength in community. Collectively, a key component to this support has been love. The Martin family story stands out with philia – “brotherly love.” “He is coming to the Winter…
Type of Sarcoma: Synovial SarcomaDate of Diagnosis: 2014Location: lung The weekend of March 8th, 2014 was like any other normal weekend – Tom and his wife Terrie traveled to their daughter Meghan’s home in Wisconsin for a visit. They spent the weekend enjoying their two granddaughters and spending time with Meghan and her husband Ben.…
Location: hand, arm
Type of Sarcoma: Ewing’s SarcomaDiagnosis: July 2001 July 9, 2001, is a day I’ll never forget. I was 27, married with two children, the youngest just nine months old. I went in for surgery to remove a “swollen gland” and woke up to find myself at war. I had cancer, Ewing’s Sarcoma, an aggressive kind, I was…
Location: calf
Type of Sarcoma: LeiomyosarcomaDate of Diagnosis: 2015Location: Heidi Minor loved history, international travel, her four children, five grandchildren, and her husband, Pat. Over thirty years ago, Heidi and Pat met at the local dance hall, Polovtizkis’, on Highway 65 in Spring Lake Park, MN. She called him back a year later and the first date…
Location: eye
Location: gluteus maximus
Location: leg
Type of Sarcoma: Ewings SarcomaDate of Diagnosis: 2008Location: leg Jonathan Reich and I were high school sweethearts. We were engaged and bought our home at 19, and married at 21 in 2006. Many people told us we were too young to be in love and married, but we are so thankful we started our lives…
