After Years, Grandmother Learns Her Weight Gain Was Caused By 140-Pound Tumor
- 7 years ago
In recent years, 71-year-old Mary Clancey began to put on weight. Doctors examined her CT scan and found out that Clancey was suffering from an ovarian cyst that had grown into a roughly 140-pound cancerous tumor.
In recent years, 71-year-old Mary Clancey of Pennsylvania began to put on weight but thought it was just an unfortunate consequence of working at a department store fudge counter.
She said she figured she was simply becoming, “one of those little, ‘roly poly’ ladies.”
Over time, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Said Clancy, who reached a weight of 365 pounds, “Things started getting harder to do – harder to walk, harder to stand – and then one day I couldn't get out of bed. My son said, ‘Let’s call an ambulance and take you out of here.’”
Doctors with the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) examined her CT scan and learned fudge was definitely not the problem.
Clancey was suffering from an ovarian cyst that had grown into a roughly 140-pound cancerous tumor.
Dr. Richard Boulay, Chief of Gynecologic Oncology at LVHN, noted, “The mass was so big it didn't even fit in the picture of the scanner – I had never seen anything like it."
Removing it took surgeons roughly 5 hours, but the results proved well worth the effort.
Between the removal of the tumor and some tissue, Clancey immediately shed 180 pounds and gained a new outlook.
Not long after the procedure, she quipped, “I was going to be a short, fat, round little old lady before, so you never know, I might just turn into a voluptuous babe now.”
In recent years, 71-year-old Mary Clancey of Pennsylvania began to put on weight but thought it was just an unfortunate consequence of working at a department store fudge counter.
She said she figured she was simply becoming, “one of those little, ‘roly poly’ ladies.”
Over time, the situation took a turn for the worse.
Said Clancy, who reached a weight of 365 pounds, “Things started getting harder to do – harder to walk, harder to stand – and then one day I couldn't get out of bed. My son said, ‘Let’s call an ambulance and take you out of here.’”
Doctors with the Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) examined her CT scan and learned fudge was definitely not the problem.
Clancey was suffering from an ovarian cyst that had grown into a roughly 140-pound cancerous tumor.
Dr. Richard Boulay, Chief of Gynecologic Oncology at LVHN, noted, “The mass was so big it didn't even fit in the picture of the scanner – I had never seen anything like it."
Removing it took surgeons roughly 5 hours, but the results proved well worth the effort.
Between the removal of the tumor and some tissue, Clancey immediately shed 180 pounds and gained a new outlook.
Not long after the procedure, she quipped, “I was going to be a short, fat, round little old lady before, so you never know, I might just turn into a voluptuous babe now.”