1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:12,649 --> 00:00:15,220 Well , I know that it's in my left 3 00:00:15,409 --> 00:00:18,829 femur and that it was a bone 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,079 cancer . It was like a little bit in my 5 00:00:21,090 --> 00:00:24,459 bone , but not much . The goal of chemo 6 00:00:24,469 --> 00:00:26,969 was to get that as small as it could be . 7 00:00:27,139 --> 00:00:29,083 So that when it was surgery , they 8 00:00:29,083 --> 00:00:31,195 didn't have to take so much out of my 9 00:00:31,195 --> 00:00:35,159 leg . March 1st , it was , he had a 10 00:00:35,169 --> 00:00:38,930 Charlie horse , a Charlie horse and 11 00:00:38,939 --> 00:00:41,161 we didn't think much of it . He went to 12 00:00:41,161 --> 00:00:43,161 bed but it was just this cramp that 13 00:00:43,161 --> 00:00:45,217 kept hurting him in his left thigh . 14 00:00:45,217 --> 00:00:47,029 And so we knew malignancy was a 15 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:49,740 possibility . And I think working in 16 00:00:49,750 --> 00:00:53,319 oncology , I was really scared . And 17 00:00:53,330 --> 00:00:55,729 then when we got confirmation , we were 18 00:00:55,740 --> 00:00:56,729 devastated , 19 00:00:59,439 --> 00:01:03,349 then we had surgery after it 20 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:06,430 was all gone , it went really well and 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,849 it's out of me now . So the goal for 22 00:01:09,860 --> 00:01:12,449 the end is just to keep doing chemo to 23 00:01:12,459 --> 00:01:14,570 make sure it's fully out of my body . 24 00:01:15,529 --> 00:01:18,550 It's intense . He gets chemo every 25 00:01:18,559 --> 00:01:21,650 other week . Um So we're inpatient for 26 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:24,260 that chemotherapy time . Um And then we 27 00:01:24,269 --> 00:01:28,260 go home and in our off weeks , we 28 00:01:28,269 --> 00:01:30,269 come back to clinic for blood count 29 00:01:30,269 --> 00:01:33,400 checks and then physical therapy . So 30 00:01:33,410 --> 00:01:35,410 we do a little bit more of a sports 31 00:01:35,410 --> 00:01:37,577 model , um , where it's focused really 32 00:01:37,577 --> 00:01:39,577 on strengthening some of the muscle 33 00:01:39,577 --> 00:01:41,410 bellies that might be weak after 34 00:01:41,410 --> 00:01:43,632 surgery , um , and maintaining range of 35 00:01:43,632 --> 00:01:45,743 motion . Unfortunately , with chemo , 36 00:01:45,743 --> 00:01:47,966 it's good to keep as much , uh , muscle 37 00:01:47,966 --> 00:01:49,966 as we can . So , um , we'll kind of 38 00:01:49,966 --> 00:01:52,077 throw the gam at him . He comes in as 39 00:01:52,077 --> 00:01:54,243 much as we can get him here to kind of 40 00:01:54,243 --> 00:01:56,410 maintain whatever fitness level he had 41 00:01:56,410 --> 00:01:55,970 prior . 42 00:02:07,870 --> 00:02:11,539 We have gotten excellent care starting 43 00:02:11,550 --> 00:02:14,529 from day one at Walter Reed . And I am 44 00:02:14,539 --> 00:02:17,149 so very thankful for all of our 45 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,240 physicians , our nurses , our social 46 00:02:19,250 --> 00:02:21,472 workers , the support we get from child 47 00:02:21,472 --> 00:02:24,720 services and now being able to do 48 00:02:24,729 --> 00:02:27,410 rehab with the wounded warriors has 49 00:02:27,419 --> 00:02:29,729 been such a gift . And I think really 50 00:02:29,740 --> 00:02:30,880 unique to Walter Reed .