Initial diagnosis

I was initially diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma about 6 weeks ago. However before my diagnosis i went to hospital with what i thought was a football related leg injury. I was playing in a match for my team and i got studded in my lower right leg and i got a shooting pain down the back of my calf. This happenend on a wednesday and i decided to go to Hull Royal Infirmary A and E department here i had an xray and was told to attend the fracture clinic the next day. At the clinic i was told there was nothing majorly wrong and to come back in 3 weeks.



Two weeks later i got a phone call from a Mr Sattari and he said i needed to go for an mri scan on my leg. When i had my MRI scan a Dr Taylor expressed his concern and informed me i was to have a CT scan straight away. The CT scan came back clear and i was sent home and told to come back for a needle biopsy the next tuesday.



I had my needle biopsy and at this point Mr Sattari informed my father that there was a concern that the lump in my leg was a sarcoma and the biopsy results would tell us for definite. A week later i attended the clinic of Mr Platt at Castle Hill hospital in Cottingham near Hull, he confirmed that the tumour in my leg was a sarcoma called Ewings Sarcoma. This is a very rare form of bone cancer that effects only 4 in a million people in the UK per year. He informed me that my treatment would take place in Birmingham under the care of Mr Robert Grimer. I would then wait a couple of weeks for my next contact with a doctor.