“I knew that there had to be another option for me. I was not going to lose my leg to this. I was not going to lose my life to this. And that's when I found Penn.”
Sarcoma, Reconstructive Microsurgery
Because she was an athlete, Megan thought the pain in her knee was an old soccer injury. When it turned out to be cancer, she was told her only option was amputation. She went to Penn for a second opinion. Her oncologists, orthopaedic surgeon and reconstructive microsurgeons understood what was important to Megan. They worked together to customize a plan to remove her cancer, reconstruct her leg and get her back on her own two feet.
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