Type of Sarcoma: Leiomyosarcoma Therese was a remarkable, creative, thoughtful, loving and committed woman. She was a professional nurse her entire career, in practice, teaching, and administration. In addition, she has a wonderful family with three daughters, all with doctoral degrees and children. She has six vibrant young grandchildren. Therese was the Executive Director of…
Type of Sarcoma: OsteosarcomaDate of Diagnosis: March 2012Location: skull Hallie was born November 16, 1996 to Kathryn and Todd Brown. Early in her life she showed precocious athleticism. By age 6 she was able to do a front handspring followed by a back flip. But soccer became her love and she was very good. In…
Location: leg
Location: neck
Type of Sarcoma: RhabdomyosarcomaDate of Diagnosis:Location: I remember the night I walked into my parents’ bedroom at 10 o’clock and announced with fear and force, “I have cancer.” They looked at me as any parent would with a 13-year-old daughter who was perfectly healthy and extremely active. But I had found a lump, and, for…
Type of Sarcoma: sarcomaDate of Diagnosis: 2000Location: back, lung Mark Wehner was a teacher and choir director at Osseo-Fairchild High School in Wisconsin for over 30 years. He taught hundreds of students and helped them appreciate the beauty of music and creativity. To learn from Mr. Wehner was to be inspired; inspired to create music…
Type of Sarcoma: Liposarcoma of the neck Date of Diagnosis: September 2010 September 2010 – I have just begun my journey. I am not sure the first time I felt my lump, but I do remember the first time the alarm bells went off. It was Sept. 12, and I had been having neck pain…
Location: back
Type of Sarcoma: PNET Ewing’s SarcomaDate of Diagnosis: 2008Location: neck Never in a million years would I think I would be writing a tribute to my lifelong “brother,” through friendship, Nick Shifflet (July 30, 1979 – Dec. 10, 2008). This young man has always been physically active and since birth has shown his resilience and…
Type of Sarcoma: Pleomorphic Sarcoma Year of Diagnosis: 2010 On Friday the 13th, 2010, I received a call from a surgeon informing me that I had “an aggressive, high-grade cancer.” As a healthy 59 year-old man training for yet another 26.2-mile inline skating marathon, this came as both a shock and a surprise. I felt…
