A surgeon holds Daly's 30-lb. tumor. : Courtesy of Lenox Hill Hospital
Posted on 03/29/2018 7:07:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The man, Kevin Daly, realized something was wrong when he lost more than 30 lbs. in 2015, but his belly fat didn't budge, the New York Daily News reported earlier this month.
A CT scan revealed that the man's belly bulge was in fact a rare type of tumor called a liposarcoma, according to Fox News.
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Liposarcomas most often develop in fat tissue found in the thigh, behind the knee or in the abdomen, GARD says. (Indeed, Daly's tumor arose from fat tissue in his abdomen.)
The tumors are rare; according to the American Cancer Society (ACS), about 13,000 sarcomas will be diagnosed in 2018. Liposarcomas are just one type of sarcoma, which refers to a cancer that forms in certain tissues in the body, including bone, muscle and fat.
The first approach to treating a liposarcoma is often surgery, according to GARD, though surgery can be difficult when the tumor is in the abdomen and growing near vital organs.
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OOhhh
I am going with that!
Me too. Wonder if I can get my Dr. to go along with lipo as a diagnostic against this form of cancer...
Mine’s not a tumor. :(
I don’t know what to make of that look the nurse is giving the surgeon. It needs a caption.
Can I set up a GoFundMe for mine?....................
Mine is a benign growth.
I talked with my GP about lipo, lap band, bariatric, etc.
She was adamant that I not do it. According to her she just recently went to a convention of some sort and that one one of the topics.
According to her (I haven’t double checked) 90+% of people who do these are back to their original weight after 2 years.
If you are going to make lifestyle changes (I have — slowly so I make them permanent), you might as well just make the changes and let the weight go on it own — slower but surer.
But tumor is a great way to go! I bet that guy still has the weight off i 2 years! ;)
>>Can I set up a GoFundMe for mine?.<<
Based on the size of that sucker they need a GFM to put it through college!
Ah…a beer tumor!
Only one I know, and I know about 30, has kept off the weight and she developed some kind of anemia from the whole thing and has to get regular transfusions.
They have a prescription pill called Contrave that they are prescribing now but I don’t know much about it.
Beat me to it.
Oh, she’s just ticked that he’s still humming “It’s a Small World”.
It was bad enough listening to him hum it during the entire surgery.
maybe she is not a nurse. Look at the special lenses she has on and the blood all over her scrubs...
maybe she is not a nurse. Look at the special lenses she has on and the blood all over her scrubs...
Can he claim it as a dependent on his taxes?
She looks more like a surgeon to me.
But what is she thinking? What’s the caption?
This actually happened to my dad!!! His was about 25 pounds, and for a few months after surgery, he was skinny.
It’s now about 3 years later, and his massive beer belly is back...
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