Student dismissed by doctors over sore knee later found to have rare bone cancer
A 19-year-old student's persistent knee pain, initially dismissed as a minor ache, turned out to be a rare and aggressive form of bone cancer, necessitating a life-saving leg amputation.
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Ashley Christine, 37, knew something was seriously wrong, but she was met with a lack of urgency as she tried to schedule an ...
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Student dismissed by doctors over sore knee later found to have rare bone cancer
A 19-year-old student's persistent knee ... MRI scan in December 2023 the devastating diagnosis was revealed: osteosarcoma. Doctors informed her that amputation was the only way to prevent the ...
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'Doctors ignored symptoms and I had to have my leg amputated at 19'
Supported by her boyfriend, fellow osteosarcoma amputee Simon Pettersson, 21, Alicia’s leg was removed in January 2024. She is determined she will not let her trauma “define” her and within weeks the ...
'Doctors said it was a sports injury, then I had to have my leg amputated'
After first noticing her knee pain 18 months ago, Alicia said her condition was initially dismissed by her local hospital. But, after seeking medical help at the Capio Artro Clinic, Alicia’s ...
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Alicia Ortstad, 19, from Uppsala, Sweden, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 2023, after suffering a series of symptoms she put down to regular joint pain. Now the disease has spread.
Cancer took my mum, my grandparents and cost me my leg – but it’s never held me back
Wheelchair basketball superstar Amy Conroy has represented Team GB in four Paralympics – London, Rio, Tokyo and Paris. Now, ...