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I was diagnosed in 2005 w/ a chondrosarcoma at the age of 32. I had 2 surgical resections at OHSU by Dr. Johnny Delashaw. I had proton beam radiation several months later at Mass General in Boston. That year, 2005, was extremely difficult and full of fear and darkness. But now I am doing well, training for the Portland Marathon in October. My follow-up MRI's show that the tumor remaining in my head is stable and unchanged since radiation.

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