# @ncrunnerjacky on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CuQS-9QvI8A
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20370766-ncrunnerjacky-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-04T00:03:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Jacky Hunt-Broersma (@ncrunnerjacky) — https://gondola.cc/ncrunnerjacky

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Love your life. Take pictures of everything. Tell people you love them. Talk to random strangers. Do things you are scared of. Smile often.  You only have this one life so make the best of it because tomorrow is never guaranteed 💛

A lot of reflection this month as I approach my cancer free and amputation anniversary🎗️. It's also Sarcoma awareness month, which is the cancer I had. So a little info on Sarcoma for those who are curious 

What is Sarcoma?
Sarcoma is a rare cancer in adults (1% of all adult cancers), but rather prevalent in children (about 20% of all childhood cancers). It is made up of many “subtypes” because it can arise from a variety of tissue structures (nerves, muscles, joints, bone, fat, blood vessels – collectively referred to as the body’s “connective tissues”). Because these tissues are found everywhere on the body, Sarcomas can arise anywhere. Thus, within each site of the more “common” cancers there is the occasional surprise sarcoma diagnosis (e.g., breast sarcoma, stomach sarcoma, lung sarcoma, ovarian sarcoma, etc.). The most frequent locations are the limbs since this is where the majority of the body’s connective tissue resides. They are commonly hidden deep in the body, so sarcoma is often diagnosed when it has already become too large to expect a hope of being cured. Although a lot of the lumps and bumps we get are benign, people should have them looked at by a doctor at an early stage in case it is sarcoma.

Sarcoma is sometimes curable by surgery (about 20% of the time), or by surgery with chemotherapy and/or radiation (another 50-55%), but about half the time they are totally resistant to all of these approaches.  At any one time, more than 50,000 patients and their families are struggling with sarcoma. More than 16,000 new cases are diagnosed each year and nearly 7,000 people die each year from sarcoma in the United States. #cancersucks #sarcomaawareness #cancerjourney

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