May
My friend thinks he has cancer but refuses to go to a physician. I told him he has to go but he wont listen to me. He has had a lump for a year and it's slowly growing. What changes can he expect? And how can I convince him to go to a physician. The reason he doesn't think it's anything to worry about is because he feels healthy and everything is ok with him. But I think the lump is something he needs to get checked out.
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Any suspicious lumps should always be checked out by a medical professional. If in fact, it is cancer, it will spread to other body parts, and also to vital organs. It might then be too advanced to treat and might be inoperable. Sometimes people don't feel sick until it's in a late stage of 3 or 4. I'm very sorry for your friend but hope he reconsiders.
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When i had my lump I felt fine too, I had it checked and found out it was cancer. Without treatment it can spread to other parts of the body. He might feel shortness of breath,or a chocking feeling. Tell him you’ll go to the doctor with him.
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I am sorry to tell you he could die, my was the same way and she found out that she had a month to live
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If it is cancer, he would most likely die earlier than he would have with treatment. I physically felt fine when I found my lump too.
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It will spread to more and more areas of the body and make them feel worse. Get him to a physician NOW.
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he doesn;t get it looked at and it is it spreads too bad and he dies have him go or take him asap
superior safe than sorry
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Yea!
Like your friend could die from it!
- STB
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it will spread and he’ll die
get medical help now
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Cancer is always painless at first. The patient is relatively healthy and feels okay because the tumor is not yet invading vital structures or interrupting body systems or causing pain. Cancer is a progressive disease. It starts out as a little mutated cell and begins to grow uncontrollably. If left untreated the tumor can grow and fill up the entire body cavity . . but usually the tumor will first begin to shed hundreds and hundreds of little mutated cells that’ll go into the lymphatic system or the blood stream and travel throughout the body. Those mutated cells than have the capability to grow a new tumor far away from the old one . . and repeat the cycle . . it too eventually can shed smaller cells that in turn will become cancer. Cancer can grow at different rates depending on the cell type, location, and the grade (how abnormal the cell looks under a microscope).
Your friend should have the lump checked out . .especially because of a cancer called sarcoma that predominately strikes teens and young adults. It is a disease of the bone or the soft tissue (joints, tendons, muscles, fat, ligaments) and life threatening. Most sarcomas can grow fast . . and treatment options are limited . . so the earlier a sarcoma is found and removed the better chance at survival.
If your friends lump turns out to be sarcoma . . it depends on the location . . but if it is in the bone, than amputation is a possibility. If it is in the soft tissue . . again it depends on the location but chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery are all treatment options available.
Hopefully your friend does not have cancer at all . . if he does not want to have this checked out . . there’s not much that you can do. He has made his choice.