Patient Profiles
Brandon H

brandonEver since I was three years old basketball was my passion, that's all I ever knew and all I ever wanted to do.

In July of 2002, I started feeling pain while with my high school basketball team at Gonzaga University.  It wasn't just any pain, this pain was severe.  It kept me from sleeping and even walking at times.  Unfortunately, my time there at Gonzaga was the last time I would ever step on the court again. After seeing multiple specialists, I was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma on Oct 14th, 2002.  Osteosarcoma is a rare form of bone cancer that strikes less than a thousand people a year.

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Ty W
TyBorn and raised in Lewiston, Idaho, he left to conquer the world. Working for many politicians and pizza joints, he found the world a cold and unforgiving place. He moved back home where he lives with his pride of women, Angie, his wife, and 3 beautiful daughters, Tyler Marie (9), Makayla Rose (6), and Alexandria Rene (4).
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Linda H.

Linda HIn 1993 I felt a small lump, about the size of a marble in my right shoulder.  I made an appointment with my general practitioner and he told me it was nothing to worry about.  He called it a fatty tumor and said that it was very common.  Several months later I saw my gynecologist and the subject came up again while I was talking with his nurse.  He sent me to see a specialist and that Dr. wanted me to have an MRI.  The MRI and a follow-up biopsy confirmed that I had a soft tissue sarcoma histiocytoma in my deltoid muscle.  That was shocking news!

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Justin S

Justin SAlmost four years ago, when I was twenty years old, I was diagnosed with Ewing's Sarcoma in my right femur. At first I thought it was complications due to my recent ACL and meniscus' repair in my right knee, but after an MRI and a swift round of testing, results showed it to be a much greater problem.

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