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I'm new here I'm, I'm 24 year old male, just worried about a lump in my thigh. About a year ago I noticed tumour on my outer thigh (left leg). It's hard and doesn't move around when I touch it. now, I started having a pain in that part of my thigh that...
Hi my daughter was diagnosed with Ewings sarcoma soft tissue at the age of 33 in March. After being told she had gallstones at the end of January, being hospitalised and deteriorating she was transferred to Oxford. She began emergency chemo whilst in...
I had surgery 8 weeks ago to remove a large lump from my scalp. It has been completely removed with an identified 6.8 mm margin, with a skin graft replacing the area removed. It has been identified as a soft tissue sarcoma. I am being referred to a specialist...
So I’m also on the cervical cancer forum and I posted here a while ago because I was getting a lot of mixed messages from my gynae but now it looks like I should be here, so hi! I’ve been told I will be receiving a total hysterectomy with bilateral salpingectomy...
Hello Everyone, Yes, we are all in the same boat, but, rowing like crazy to stay afloat and reach the sunshine at the end of the journey. I was diagnosed in January 2023 after a major bleed. All of the usual tests - brilliant service with kindness - and...
My husband had an myxoid liposarcoma tumor last year he had 25 rounds of radiotherapy and surgery on his right hip we noticed it in the august 2021 after tests especially biopsy was told over the phone on 5th January 2022, may 2022 he had the surgery...
My husband was diagnosed with a soft tissue sarcoma in his calf muscle the day before his 40th in April 2007, the consultants at St James’s were great and he was operated on within a month, removing all the calf muscle. We were told everything was clear...
Hi, I’m new to online groups and posted this in the ‘new’ group but was advised this might be a better place. I’ve been under investigation for the past few weeks for suspected sarcoma. The NHS has been amazing so far but I went to get my biopsy results...
Hello everyone, I had a CT colonoscopy recently to investigate several months of persistent constipation. Bloods & samples had all been ok so it was just a precautionary scan really. It showed incidental finding of a small (?) 1.9cm GIST (which I’d...
Hi , I am 42 years old woman with 2 children. This year on May I have diagnosed with IVC Leiomyosarcoma which is a very very rare Cancer. After a long waiting, I got a date for the Surgery on 11th of October. My Inferior Vena Cava has been removed...
