Pictures of my left leg with Surgeries

I thought that it would be interesting to take pictures of my left leg from each of my surgeries and to see the differences from each surgery and the progress that has been made. :) I have had alot of people who have seen my leg now, and they thought that everything (surgeries etc.) was done on the calf of my leg. It's actually behind my left knee. I thought that I should post pictures so that people aren't confused. But, if you have a weak stomach or scabs and stitches are too much, I WARN you.. you may not want to look at these pictures that I have posted.

This was my very first surgery done on August 12th, 2008. The Dr. removed the bump not knowing that it was Cancer. I found out two weeks later on August 22nd, 2009. The incision was soo tiny, little did I know what was up ahead.

January 28th, I had my Reconstructive and Interoperative (Radiation while my leg was open) Surgeries. My Plastic Surgeon took part of my left thigh and pulled the skin over my hole.

A couple weeks after January's surgery the incision started opening up.

I found out I had an infection in my leg called Staph Aureus. My plastic surgeon had to remove most of the tissue in my leg becuase of the infection and the tissue being damaged from the radiation. This left me with a hole 3 1/2 inches in length, 1 1/2 inches in width and 1/2 inch deep.

This is the result of my last surgery in March. They did a skin graft from my stomach, took the tissue, fat, part of the muscle and a blood vessel.

It goes all the way around to the back of my knee.

This is what it looks like now. The black part that you see is from it blistering over and now it has a tough scab on and it's trying to heal.


It is unbelievable how the body can heal itself after what it has been through. It heals itself from the inside out. And it's taking quite a long time, but it's healing; maybe not as quickly as I would like it to be healing, but it's healing and I haven't had any more complications. :) I am very blessed and am thankful everday for being healed from this rare cancer. I'm getting my 6 month check up next week. Another CAT scan and MRI of everything. And yes, there is that part of me that worries a bit, but for the most part.. I feel like everything will be ok!!! :)