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Right thought i would do an update and see what peoples thoughts are. i got the CT scan results a couple of weeks ago from UCLH. bear in mind that the Ultrasound from my local hospital had the report that there was a mass and it was a Sarcoma. UCLH's...
Hi, I've never posted on here and just looking for someone to listen as I'm currently spiralling. I have really bad health anxiety and this has sent me over the edge. 2 weeks ago I visited my gp with a lump on my upper arm. You can only see or...
I have this swelling in my shoulder that is being investigated. MRI inconclusive and waiting to speak to consultant. Ar night I’ve noticed I have been getting a lot of numbness/ tingling in both my arms. This evening I woke up and my opposite hand...
Evening everyone. I have just began my radiotherapy treatment, I am on day 2 of 25 then will be having my surgery 6weeks after the last session. I am just wondering how others have dealt with side effects. I have sarcoma on my knee, and although I am...
Hi everyone, Very new to this site and I'm here because I've scared myself silly by googling my symptoms - I'll bet I'm not on my own but self diagnosis while waiting for an ultrasound is too tempting. I have a hard lump deep in my upper arm, that was...
Dear All Any help gratefully received, how do you survive the long journey of unknowing. Journey started back in September with a 111 call, as I couldn't get a gp appointment for 6 weeks at surgery, even when I explained it was about a concerning...
Hi I was wondering if anyone has been through similar to me I am a 30f with two young children , I am awaiting biopsy and scan on a lump I have had that has grown 2cm in size in 3months on the back of my left knee/leg it’s not painful a little bit of...
Back in 2017 i was diagnosed with a Pleomorphic Grade 3 Sarcoma in the upper thigh. back then it almost killed me. one point i was given 5 days to live. they took a 1.2kg tumor out of my leg, all the muscle from the left side of my thigh, 60% of the rest...
Well worth watching if you have Sarcoma it features a young woman having a tumour successfully removed from her arm
Hi everyone, was just diagnosed Thursday morning with a soft tissue sarcoma in my left breast, after originally being diagnosed with a ruptured cyst and told they'd see me in 6 months. By the time I received that letter the thing had doubled, so I called...
