Current Events > Man mistakes giant 77-pound cancerous tumor for beer belly.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2018/11/27/this-man-was-teased-his-beer-belly-it-turned-out-be-pound-cancerous-tumor/

It seemed that each pound was going straight to his gut.

Hector Hernandez said he has always been a big guy, so he did not notice a problem until a couple years ago when his arms and legs seemed to be getting smaller, while his stomach was getting bigger.

The 47-year-old from Downey, Calif., said that he also started struggling with heartburn and constipation and noticed that, at times, he had a hard time catching his breath.

At 300 pounds, he said, strangers had started to stare, and friends were cracking jokes about his beer belly, even though he said he rarely drank the beverage.

When he first mentioned the issue to a physician, he said, the doctor brushed him off, telling him some people just carry weight differently than others.

I just thought I was fat, Hernandez said in a phone interview on Tuesday with The Washington Post.

[She kept gaining weight and didnt know why. It turned out to be a 50-pound ovarian cyst.]

But Hernandez said his stomach kept feeling heavy and hard to the touch, so he got a second opinion.

Ultimately, he said, he was diagnosed with a retroperitoneal liposarcoma, a rare but cancerous tumor that forms in fat cells, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Doctors dont know when the tumor started growing.

Or why.

But it weighed 77 pounds, according to his surgeon.

Hernandez said he did not know how to feel about the tumor or the surgery needed to remove it.

At first, he said, he was shocked and confused but also relieved that he finally knew what was wrong.

I had a lot of support and prayers from family and friends, he said, noting they are raising funds to help with his recovery. I finally left it in Gods hands.

Hernandezs surgeon, William Tseng, a surgical oncologist and assistant professor at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, said liposarcomas develop over years and can grow to a massive size, though they do not tend to spread or cause major problems. Tseng, who specializes in sarcomas, said that throughout his career, he has surgically removed dozens of them, which typically are between 20 and 30 pounds.

This is probably the largest one Ive removed, he told The Post, speaking about Hernandezs tumor.

During an hours-long surgery over the summer, Tseng removed the massive tumor, which he said had spared Hernandezs major blood vessels and most organs, though he had to cut out a kidney that had suffered damage. Tseng said that bleeding is the biggest risk associated with the surgery and that patients can die on the operating table but that there were no complications in Hernandezs case.

The surgeon said Hernandez will not need to undergo chemotherapy or radiation but that, because liposarcomas often return, Hernandez must have periodic follow-up scans to monitor the situation.

I was really lucky, Hernandez said.

Now, Hernandez said he feels totally different more energetic and many, many pounds lighter. Though, he said, he is still not 100 percent.

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LOL why the fuck did they put that 10-pound Jaw Tumor pic at the bottom? Fucking gross
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RIP Man mistakes
Died at the tumor shot up to 97 pounds
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It looks like a human-cat skull! Wtf
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Manocheese posted...

RIP Man mistakes
Died at the tumor shot up to 97 pounds

LOL
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How do people not get checked often?
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Stupid fucking physicians just a bunch of god damn fake doctors letting that shit go undiagnosed.
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Manocheese posted...

RIP Man mistakes
Died at the tumor shot up to 97 pounds

heh
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Vyrulisse posted...

LOL why the fuck did they put that 10-pound Jaw Tumor pic at the bottom? Fucking gross

LMFAO homie das a kid that had to deal with that shiet cmon man show some respect tho i still find it funny

dear lord how the fuck did the docs not see that shit sooner in his before pic he doesnt look fat it look like he has his shirt stuffed with a fucking keg
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I know a guy with a big gut and now I'm worried for him but don't want to offend him by bringing it up.
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PIITB415 posted...

How do people not get checked often?

Hard to get checked out when you don't have insurance.
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Manocheese posted...

RIP Man mistakes
Died at the tumor shot up to 97 pounds

lmao, this never gets old
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mustachedmystic posted...

PIITB415 posted...

How do people not get checked often?

Hard to get checked out when you don't have insurance.

Ugh please. Even an urgent care clinic is only like $150
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Nuffinz0rz posted...

Keck School of Medicine

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PIITB415 posted...

mustachedmystic posted...

PIITB415 posted...

How do people not get checked often?

Hard to get checked out when you don't have insurance.

Ugh please. Even an urgent care clinic is only like $150

You don't go to an urgent care for routine checkups.
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Th3HonestTruth posted...

Nuffinz0rz posted...

When he first mentioned the issue to a physician, he said, the doctor brushed him off, telling him some people just carry weight differently than others.

Fire that incompetent fuck

I know he's fat, but looking at that pic, how in the fuck did this flaw over the doctor's head.
Honestly, he should have known better. Negligence shouldn't go unpunished.
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God damn I looked at the graphic picture.
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The tumor almost has the shape of a grocery store whole chicken from that angle.
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Even a normal person would be able to see that shit was not a beer belly, and it looks too out of place to be normal.
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...

Even a normal person would be able to see that shit was not a beer belly, and it looks too out of place to be normal.

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Nuffinz0rz posted...

She kept gaining weight and didnt know why. It turned out to be a 50-pound ovarian cyst.]

This isn't part of the original story. There's another story like this

This is a sign male pregnancy is coming closer
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/10/news-gene-editing-crispr-mice-stem-cells/

Manocheese posted...

RIP Man mistakes
Died at the tumor shot up to 97 pounds

LMFAO