Nurse who dismissed pain as muscle injury has leg amputated after rare tumour found

A NHS nurse A “extremely rare” cancer tumor To “process” by entering “survival mode” in the calf found in the calf diagnosis and “stay positive”.

26 -year -old Sophie Fay, a 26 -year -old nurse for four years, lives in Merseyside with her father Paul Fault, 67.

He first noticed a “aching” pain behind the right series in March 2024. Mrs. Fay, who recently joined a personal traineer, initially rejected the pain as a muscle injury.

However, when the calf was “swollen” and “hot to touch” and when their colleagues noticed the visible difference, he sought medical help.

After being told why the symptoms may be blood clot Or when he realized that the worsening pain of Mrs. Fay, which is a muscular problem, was particularly forced for more answers when he realized that the right calf was ıt six centimeters larger than the other ”.

MS Fault had a MRI scan that produced a large tumor in November 2024, and the mass was diagnosed as the needle cell sarcoma of the bone, a rare soft tumor tumor.

Since the blood vessels and nerves are “completely covered by the tumor, it was informed that MS Fay’s only option was on the knee. amputationHe received it in December 2024 – and now he adapts to life with a prosthesis.

The female fault shares its story within the scope of bone Cancer Research Trust’s bone cancer awareness week between 6-12 October to raise awareness of their symptoms and prevent others from “falling from cracks.

“This was a big shock, but then it sounded like a normal life,” Pa Real Life said to Real Life.

“Entering the survival mode helped me to remain very positive during the diagnosis and recovery period.

“All I wanted was not to have cancer anymore, and when I went, I thought, I could deal with it.

“You realize that our days are numbered and we are not all invincible.”

Mrs. Fay said that she started to exercise with a personal instructor in March 2024, but in the following weeks, her right leg felt a “aching” pain behind the series.

“It would only happen when I exercise, but I remember going for a walk and I thought the back of my knee was really painful,” he said.

For the next few months, he realized that pain was “worse ,, to the point where his leg will hurt even with light activity.

At the end of August 2024, when the female fault realized that her leg was “swollen” and “warm to touch”, it was preparing for a late shift.

“There was a visible relaxation right now, because it hurts when I walked,” he said.

“My colleagues noticed that they were swollen and claimed that there may be a small blood clot in my leg.”

Mrs. Fault announced that the intensive care ward contains “mini ultrasound machines ve and suggested to scan behind a consultant leg.

The scan said it was inconclusive.

There, Mrs. Fay was thought to suffer from a muscular injury.

Im At that time I didn’t really know the better, I thought it would probably be muscular – as a result it was far from my mind, it wasn’t real, ”he said.

According to NHS, after making a more comprehensive examination on her leg, she was told that she could have a baker cyst with a lump full of liquid, which can sometimes be better behind the knee.

Mrs. Fay said that she was “happy ından in diagnosis as symptoms she thinks she looks like.

However, until November 2024, the female fault pain was “fixed ve and no longer bend her leg.

“My calf was too big, I think it measured six centimeters larger than the other,” he said.

Mrs. Fault asked her doctor to see a physiotherapist more help, but when waiting for the appointment, something felt “not right”.

Instead, he went to a recommended burial health center, which was recommended to scan a complete ultrasound on his leg.

After scanning, the female fault was sent to the emergency care center in the hospital for further exams and that she had a MRI screening on 11 November 2024 after a few days later.

The next morning, on November 12, 2024, he was asked to get the results of the Mrs. Fault: “Oh no, that’s soon,”

Mrs. Fault, scanning the calf of primary bone cancer thought to have a large tumor said.

“I just lost my head, there were all kinds of crazy things in my mind, Mrs Maden Fault said.

“I got some information about cancer and cancer care with my job, and I couldn’t help but I thought it was a death penalty.

“I was really emotional, and the worst part was to know that I had to go home and tell my father.”

He was signed from work and referred to Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopedics Hospital in Shropshire.

Following a biopsy, MS Fault was diagnosed with bone cancer research confidence on 29 November 2024, a rare soft tissue tumor of the bone sarcoma.

Such tumors are most commonly caused by patients over 40 years of age and are extremely rare, which constitute only 2-5 percent of all primary bone cancer cases.

The female fault was informed that the only applicable treatment option would be emputation because the blood vessels and nerves are “completely covered” by the tumor.

“They showed me a picture of my scanning and the tumor takes the whole calf,” he said.

“There was no way to securely leave me with a leg that works.”

Fault received an amputation on 17 December 2024 and said that the operation and recovery process was “very smooth”.

However, adapting to using prosthesis was “very difficult ve and initially found“ exhausting ”to walk short distances.

“It is a relaxing to know the hardest one to have ever been to,” he said.

“As time goes by, I will get better prosthetic pieces, a better socket and knee joint, and I will get things to make it easier.”

The female fault will scan every three months to monitor any potential recurrence of cancer for the next two years.

He also returned to work in a non -clinical environment, which he realized that he felt “more emotional öz after his experience.

The female Fault shares her story by Bone Cancer Research Trust, the leading charity dedicated to fighting the primary bone cancer of England, to mark the Bone Cancer Awareness Week.

“Sharing my story means that bone cancer is more talked about in health services, this is the main thing,” he said.

For more information, visit the website for Bone Cancer Research Trust: bcrt.org.uk