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What a day yesterday... first visit to oncology team to be told that I don't have a stomach cancer but I have a 22cm gist tumor on my stomach which is also affecting my spleen...total bolt out of the blue and shock...never heard of this before and to...
Hi all. Newbie here. Got to be honest, not a place I ever wanted to come but I guess that is the same for all of us. I was diagnosed with a form of sarcoma in September with a lump on my chest wall/ ribs. I had two ribs removed in October, which...
Hi I am new to all this and very scared. I've recently been diagnosed with spindle cell sarcoma of the bone. It"s my thigh bone. The sarcoma team hoped to operate and cure with chemo, as they thought it was localised to that bone. Ive just had a CT...
Hi, new member, 11 months in to RMS cancer journey with my 17 yr old son. He had 6 months of chemo on FAR-RMS trial( tolerated really well, made great progress) plus 5 weeks of radiotherapy. Treatement ended beg Sept abd started maintenance oral therapy...
Hi Im a 57 year old fairly fit and healthy lady just diagnosed with a 71mm uterine LMS mass. Its a big shock and I have read up a bit on this type of cancer and it was not great reading tbh. Some reassurance from others would be good.
Hi. New here but not to the sarcoma world! First diagnosed in Dec 2020 wondering why I was getting bigger and bigger (knew I wasn’t pregnant!) Turned out the be an 18kg Retroperitoneal sarcoma. Operated in March at QEH. Biopsies discovered I also had...
Hello everyone, Three years ago, my wonderful Mam was diagnosed with uterine leiomyosarcoma. We devoted ourselves completely to loving and caring for her, but sadly, she passed away eight weeks ago. I’m now hoping to honour her memory by supporting...
I found a large lump on the back of my arm last week. Since then I have seen the GP, had an ultrasound confirming it wasn’t lipoma but in my tricep, 7.5cm and vascular. MRI has suggested it appears to be sarcoma. Seen specialist today who has told me...
I Found a hard lump in my left thigh around Christmas time. Went to the GP in Feb and she said probably nothing to worry about but referred for an ultrasound scan. Had the scan this week and they sent me straight for an MRI as it was a definite mass around...
Hi everyone. About 5 weeks ago I started with shoulder pain and then a few days after I noticed a lump on my upper left arm, with no injury. Gp sent me for an x-ray, results have took over 2 weeks and I haven't been told what they are, GP has booked a...
