Diane Markus

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A few months ago I was diagnosed with a muscle weakness called necrotizing myopathy, even sounds nasty doesn’t it? You can look it up but basically the cells in muscles start dying causing weakness. I can walk but with difficulty, I have trouble lifting my legs (I need to assist with hands to get into car) and I cannot go up stairs without pulling on arm rails. But it’s doable. Once that was diagnosed (it took a couple neurologist plus a neurosurgeon to do muscle biopsy) we had a plan to start immunosuppressant infusion therapy but neuro said she wanted to rule out “associated cancers” with CT of abd and chest. More tests, and biopsies show ovarian cancer.  Tomorrow I have "big"abdominal surgery  to remove as many spots as possible. Then a couple weeks recovery before starting chemo x 4 months.  I'm sure my kids will update this tomorrow evening after we know what surgery showed. Thank you all in advance for prayers and positive thoughts.