Describe an aspect of what you have experienced or learned during your sarcoma journey as a patient, survivor or loved one of someone who has/had sarcoma. Some prompts to help craft your story:

What was the most unexpected/surprising aspect of treatment?

What was your most frustrating moment or experience?

Were there any gestures of kindness that you will remember?

Having been through what you have, and knowing what you know now- If you could go back in time and tell yourself one thing, what would it be?

Are there any myths about cancer or treatment that you wish to dispel?

Ideal story length is 350 – 450 words

Include one or two photos of the sarcoma patient/survivor. It works best to attach a jpeg format of the photo(s) to your email.

We highly appreciate the following as we’ve found newly diagnosed patients are very interested in reading stories of people with similar diagnosis.

Type of Sarcoma

Year of Diagnosis

Area of body affected

Sometimes the diagnosis of cancer comes quickly, if a person has obvious symptoms and received prompt evaluation. However, diagnosing a new sarcoma can sometimes be challenging. Some reasons include:

Will Rein in Sarcoma edit my story?

Do you accept stories in formats other than written?

If you would prefer to be interviewed and have one of our volunteers write the story, send us an email at marketing@reininsarcoma.org. If you would be willing to have your story in video, let us know—we can arrange filming in the Twin Cities.

Can I request to have a story removed from your website?

Yes, you can request to have it removed at any time. Please email us at marketing@reininsarcoma.org to have it removed.