California woman, 56, reveals how watermelon-sized tumor on her abdomen stopped her from having sex with her boyfriend for years... and she split up with him as soon as it was removed!

A female whose watermelon-sized tumor kept her from being friendly pinch her fellow has been 'given nan gift of renewed life' aft having nan wide removed.

Jennifer, 56, from Coarsegold, California, first noticed a spot increasing connected nan correct broadside of her abdomen successful 2014 - which 'exploded successful size' successful 2019.

By nan clip she saw a expert that twelvemonth the wide had ballooned to astir 6lbs, astatine which constituent she was incapable to do activity connected nan workplace and felt excessively aforesaid conscious to person activity pinch her fellow Bill.

But erstwhile she yet had nan maturation removed, she said: ‘My assurance level is done nan roof. I consciousness really good.’

And a fewer weeks aft her surgery, Jennifer collapsed up pinch Bill.  

She said: 'Before erstwhile I had nan tumor, being friendly wasn't really connected my radar excessively much. I didn't springiness it a batch of thought.

'And now that I don't person nan tumor, it's very freeing.'

Jennifer said connected this week's section of TLC's Take My Tumor that she had ne'er received a due test of her tumor and erstwhile she visited a expert successful 2019, nan expert was shocked - and didn't cognize who to mention Jennifer to.

Jennifer said: '[In 2019] that's astir erstwhile it sewage benignant of scary for me.'

Determined to return her life back, however, nan ranch proprietor discovered surgical oncologist Dr Kimberly Dalal, who was capable to region nan tumor. 

Jennifer said: ‘Things for illustration this impact you successful a different measurement than you would ever ideate psychologically.'

The 5.74-pound tumor was severely interfering pinch her life. She could nary longer task on her favourite hiking trails pinch her canine and boyfriend, thief astir nan workplace they owned, crook down aliases assistance dense objects. 

It was moreover difficult to locomotion for extended periods of time. 

Additionally, Jennifer said nan tumor 'greatly' affected their intimacy arsenic it crushed her assurance and she felt very aforesaid conscious astir her partner. 

The tumor made her consciousness unattractive, and arsenic nan wide grew, truthful did nan region betwixt nan couple. 

She hoped removing nan wide would reconstruct her aforesaid esteem. 

For her surgery, Jennifer traveled to San Francisco to meet pinch Dr Dalal, medical head of surgical oncology astatine Sutter Health Mills Peninsula Hospital.

After examining Jennifer, Dr Dalal became very concerned complete nan veins moving done nan wide and told Jennifer nan tumor could beryllium a uncommon shape of cancer. She said it needed to beryllium removed arsenic soon arsenic imaginable and sent for testing.

Jennifer said: 'Once it stares you successful nan face, nan possibilities of it being cancerous, it's conscionable emotional. Her examining maine and it being addressed and yet getting it done, you know, it's benignant of overwhelming, I guess.'

On nan time of surgery, Dr Dalal told Jennifer her extremity was to region nan full mass, moreover cutting retired immoderate patient insubstantial surrounding nan tumor to guarantee each portion was eliminated and nan tumor would not turn back, retired of fearfulness it was a uncommon cancer. 

But cutting deeper into Jennifer's musculus meant a much achy recovery. 

While nan process was mostly uncomplicated, nan ample veins and humor vessels passim nan tumor were bleeding much than nan surgeon expected.

Dr Dalal said because nan tumor was truthful large, it had developed its ain humor supply. And anytime nan surgical squad deed a vein, humor forcefully squirting retired and onto nan operating room floor. 

Dr Dalal said she encountered much bleeding than expected, but she was capable to region nan full mass. 

One week later, nan expert called Jennifer pinch nan pathology report. Her tumor was malignant.

Results showed nan wide was a solitary fibrous tumor, a uncommon soft insubstantial growth. The growths tin create anyplace connected nan assemblage but are astir communal successful nan lining astir nan lungs. 

In Jennifer's case, nan tumor was classified arsenic a soft insubstantial sarcoma, a type of crab that develops successful muscles, tendons, fat, lymph nodes and humor vessels. 

It is simply a uncommon type of crab that accounts for little than 1 percent of each crab cases successful nan US. Some investigation has shown incidence rates betwixt 2 and 5 cases per 100,000 people. 

In 2024, nan American Cancer Society estimates 13,600 caller cases of soft insubstantial sarcoma, pinch 5,200 deaths. 

Despite nan diagnosis, because nan full tumor was removed, Dr Dalal said Jennifer is considered cured - though she sent Jennifer for repetition assemblage scans to spot if nan crab had spread.

Three months later, Jennifer was happy to study that further scans showed she was crab free. 

She said: ‘There has been a melodramatic betterment successful nan value of my life since nan tumor was removed.

‘I consciousness truthful different now. I consciousness lighter.

‘My assurance level is done nan roof. I consciousness really good.’

With nan tumor gone, Jennifer began hiking again and going retired pinch friends. 

She said: ‘It’s feels astonishing to beryllium capable to get retired into nature. I person truthful overmuch energy. It feels incredible… I consciousness for illustration I was fixed a gift of renewed life.’ 

Jennifer added that she collapsed up pinch her fellow but they stay adjacent friends. 

She said: 'Before erstwhile I had nan tumor, being friendly wasn't really connected my radar excessively much. I didn't springiness it a batch of thought.

'And now that I don't person nan tumor, it's very freeing.'

Take My Tumor airs Wednesdays astatine 10/9c connected TLC.