The CORE biopsy was done on Monday, January 9th & the worst part was when the drugs wore off. I remember trying to walk from the car into my condo. While walking down the sidewalk, the pain was almost unbearable. I told Oneida if I had known it would be this bad, I would have never agreed to do this. It was quite difficult walking up the 18 steps to my condo. I shedd a few tears that night too. Pain, pain & more pain …
Waiting again for results was nerve wracking. For 4 days, we waited for the phone to ring. Finally, Friday evening, January 13, 2006, around 5 p.m., Dr. Frassica called to tell me he was very sorry & the CORE biopsy revealed the tumor was malignant. He said it was a sarcoma & very rare but they had not yet determined the type. It had qualities of several different types of sarcomas & was large.
I will never forget that night; it’s like it happened yesterday. I NOW KNEW I HAD A CANCEROUS TUMOR IN MY LEG. Not exactly the news I wanted to hear, although I was not surprised. My first question was … so what’s next?