A student who put her leg pain down on “learning how to drive” was diagnosed with a rare cancer – after a 10 cm tumor was discovered in her thigh.
20-year-old Immy had just begun driving lessons in January 2022, at the age of 17, when she began to take “guns” in the knee and her left thigh.
Initially, Immy and her parents, Lucy and Jamie Stead, both 51 years old, thought she was experiencing the “leg of the herd” – pain from prolonged or repeated use of the foot during the function of the herd – but she went down after a week.
However, in January 2023, the pain in her leg turned “stronger than ever” and she went to her doctor who prescribes her sedatives.
Despite the search for private physiotherapy, Immy’s leg pain continued and an MRI private scan in January 2024 revealed that Immy had a grapefruit -size tumor in its femur and it was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma, a rare aggressive form of primary bone cancer.
That same month, Immy started 14 rounds of two -week chemotherapy and by September 2024 the tumor was “completely shrinking”.
On September 26, 2024, Immy had a four-hour operation including a complete replacement of hip and 20cm of her femur replaced with a prosthetic.
Now in regular physiotherapy, Immy has no sign of cancer and has since returned to the University of Bristol, where she reads English literature.
Mother Lucy will run the London marathon on April 27, 2025 and has already raised over $ 28,000 for charity, Bone Cancer Research Trust (BCRT).
Speaking now, Lucy, a teacher of elementary school, from Reading, Berkshire, said: “This has been the most difficult time of our lives.
“Nothing could prepare us for the news that Immy had cancer.
“We initially put her pain in the herd leg because she had started driving lessons.
“But when he returned next year, we knew we had to check.
“The news was beyond destruction, but thankfully Immy received treatment quickly.
“She has always been a kind of” no fuss “girl and that didn’t change when she was going through chemotherapy.
“Its resistance and strength while navigating its treatment has been amazing- it is my inspiration.
“That’s why I can’t expect to run the London marathon at the end of the month.
“I want to return BCRT- Any money that can grow can go directly to their research and they can do more to help families like us.”
Immy had begun driving lessons immediately after filling 17, when three months and eight lessons later noticed a “sharp” pain in her left knee and thigh.
Lowering her to the “herd” leg “the pain eventually calmed down after a week, only resting it for her to return next year in January 2023.
Immy’s leg pain continued despite the sedatives of her doctor being prescribed and were following the NHS and private physiotherapy.
She then sought help from a private hip specialist in January 2024, where a MRI scan discovered that Immy had a 10 cm tumor growing in her femur.
Two weeks later, Immy was diagnosed with the ewing sarcoma, a rare aggressive form of primary bone cancer.
Lucy said: “The news was devastating but Jamie and I thought we had to put a bold face for Immy.
“She was strong but with a lot of pain.
“Our main concern at that moment was how her treatment would look like.”
Next week, Immy began a course of chemotherapy at Oxford University hospitals that lasted seven months.
“The treatment began to function almost immediately and fortunately the tumor began to shrink,” Lucy said.
“Kimio was a troubled time for Immy, some days they were better than others, but she never complained.
“I felt so proud of it.”
After the end of the 14 rounds of chemotherapy on August 26, 2024, next month on September 26, Immy underwent four-hour surgery in the same hospital, where she received a complete replacement of hip and 20cm of her female was replaced with a prosthetic.
The doctors then considered the treatment and functioning of the successful Immy, with the tumor “completely past”.
Now without any sign of cancer, Immy has checks every two months with an oncologist and has returned to the University of Bristol, where she studies English literature.
Speaking now, Lucy said: “We are very grateful to NHS type staff. They saved Immy life.
“She is building its strength and mobility, but it will get there.
“She refuses to allow cancer to determine it and I can’t be more careful.
“I am running the marathon in London for him and to underline BCRT’s amazing work; they were there for our family when our world fell upside down.”
Kate Connor, the temporary director of fundraising in the Bone Cancer Research Trust, said: “We are absolutely blown out of the extraordinary amount Lucy has raised by taking in the London Marathon in support of IMMY.
“Its hard work and dedication to training and collecting funds is bringing such hope to other families facing bone cancer, helping to finance life research and support our work towards better treatments and a cure.”
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