Wednesday 3 August 2022 01:24 PM Pensioner with watermelon-sized stomach tumour makes miraculous recovery after ... trends now
A pensioner with a tumour the size of a watermelon in his belly has made a miraculous recovery after life-saving surgery.
Derek Cornelius, 71, from West Parley, Dorset, was given months to live after doctors first found the 22lb tumour at Royal Bournemouth Hospital last October.
His stomach had started to grow so big he looked pregnant at the start of 2021 but blood tests by his GP did not pick up on the cancer.
A CT scan at Royal Bournemouth Hospital revealed the sarcoma tumour and doctors told him there was nothing they could do.
The retired social worker was told the growth was inoperable and would continue to expand into his vital organs and crush them eventually.
But a second opinion suggested he could go under the knife — although surgery could kill him.
Doctors operated in December and he survived, despite losing a kidney, with the tumour completely removed.
Mr Cornelius is now back jive dancing with his wife of 44 years Pam, despite suffering permanent numbness in his right thigh.
Derek Cornelius, 71, from West Parley, Dorset, was given months to live after doctors first found the 22lb tumour at Royal Bournemouth Hospital last October
Mr Cornelius is now back jive dancing with his wife of 44 years Pam after under-going life-or-death surgery
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