[Update] Officially two years cancer free

[curl-6]

super_etecoon said:
Hope you don't have to have an amputation, but that's a positive way to look at this situation. Best of luck on your surgery and recovery!

There's no need for an amputation right now thankfully, as the doctor in charge of my case says the best course is the removal of a section of the tibial nerve where the tumor is. I just meant that if amputation was the recommended course, I'd be fine with that if it meant being cured. And thanks!

Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

curl-6 said:

Finally got a date... for surgery!

I'm due to go in to have my cancer removed on the 14th of April. 

I'll be in hospital for one to two weeks afterwards, and I'm going to permanently lose sensation in my foot since they'll be taking out a sizable chunk of one of the main nerves in my leg, but that's a small price to pay. I will still be able to walk, and honestly I'd be fine with an amputation if that would solve the problem.

In just 29 days the tumor should be gone.

Not gonna lie, I'm kinda sad that you will lose sensation on your foot. I was hoping for no side effects at all. But if you'll still going to be able to walk, I guess that's really a small price to pay.

Keep it up, it's almost over.

Yeah I was hoping for as little side effects as possible too, but I can't complain as I have been so incredibly fortunate thus far, with the cancer not having spread and being curable. Just a couple of months ago, before I'd had my scans, for all I knew it could be terminal, so I see this as a pretty great outcome.