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September 18, 2020

Joe Schill - Survivor of Soft Tissue Sarcoma

1 hour 57 minutes

Joe is an archivist at the Corning Museum of Glass and he lives in Ithaca, NY with his wife, his two kids, and their dog Hamilton. Joe has been cancer-free for five years.

00:00:00 How the cancer was discovered

00:05:40 The physical discomfort of a tumor

00:09:20 Informing friends

00:20:40 Only one leg

00:25:30 Accountability Partners

00:33:15 Connecting with fellow survivors

00:34:30 Standing infection & open wound

00:36:25 Infected titanium rod

00:47:44 Recovery from anesthesia

00:50:50 Whether or not to keep the leg

00:58:00 Immobility

01:03:07 Radiation & chemo

01:08:05 Aggressive surgery

01:12:00 Two months of radiation

01:18:30 Ask more questions

01:24:20 Prosthetics or second surgery

01:32:25 Creating stability

01:36:00 There’s no single approach

01:39:40 Life after treatment

01:41:48 Chronic pain

01:48:36 Post-treatment checkups

- recorded 2/14/2020

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