{"id":4644,"date":"2025-06-15T01:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2025-06-15T01:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T01:32:33","slug":"mother-of-10-thought-she-was-bloated-doctors-found-a-37-pound-tumor-growing-inside-her","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ivermectinhuma.com\/?p=4644","title":{"rendered":"Mother of 10 Thought She Was Bloated \u2013 Doctors Found a 37-Pound Tumor Growing Inside Her"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Sarah Jenkins had given birth to 10 children. She knew what pregnancy felt like. So when her stomach began swelling in late 2022, she assumed it was just another baby on the way\u2014until the test came back negative.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s probably just menopause weight,&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0her doctor initially said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">But Sarah knew something was wrong.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Symptoms That Couldn&#8217;t Be Ignored<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Rapid weight gain<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 40 pounds in 3 months, despite no diet changes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Severe abdominal pain<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Like &#8220;being stabbed every time I moved&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Inability to eat<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A few bites left her feeling &#8220;ready to burst&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">After\u00a0<strong>four misdiagnoses<\/strong>, a CT scan revealed the unthinkable:<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Shocking Diagnosis<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 A rare, slow-growing cancer that fills the abdomen with mucus and tumors<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">A\u00a0<strong>37-pound gelatinous mass<\/strong>\u00a0had overtaken her organs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Her ovaries were completely encased in tumor tissue<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>The 14-Hour Surgery That Saved Her Life<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">A team of\u00a0<strong>seven surgeons<\/strong>\u00a0worked in shifts to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Remove the massive tumor (later nicknamed\u00a0<strong>&#8220;The Beast&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0by hospital staff)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Scrape away\u00a0<strong>mucin deposits<\/strong>\u00a0coating her liver and intestines<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Perform a\u00a0<strong>complete hysterectomy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The tumor was so large, it had to be\u00a0<strong>weighed on a delivery room scale<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>The Miracle Aftermath<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Against all odds, surgeons preserved\u00a0<strong>one healthy ovary<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>18 months later<\/strong>, Sarah gave birth to her\u00a0<strong>11th child<\/strong>\u2014a girl she named\u00a0<strong>Hope<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">She now advocates for\u00a0<strong>women\u2019s cancer awareness<\/strong>, warning:\u00a0<em>&#8220;If your gut says something\u2019s wrong, fight for answers.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Sarah Jenkins had given birth to 10 children. 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