An Arizona man's neck tumor that had been growing for nearly two decades became so large he struggled to eat, bathe and even turn his head side-to-side.
Tim, a 62-year-old from Scottsdale, Arizona, had a 5.5lb tumor growing from the right side of his face and neck He said on the latest episode of TLC's Take My Tumor: 'Hopefully Dr Osborne is fully capable of removing the beast. You’ve got to put your faith in somebody and… I’m giving Dr Osborne the go ahead to magic.Tim's tumor first appeared in 2007, when he was 46.
When he turned to the internet in search of answers, he said all the information added up to a sebaceous cyst, the most common type of a skin cyst. All of his clothes were stretched to fit them over the growth and he often didn't get enough sleep, having to position himself on his left side with his right elbow underneath the tumor to keep the weight from crushing his neck.
After examining the growth, the doctor said his suspicion was the tumor was coming from Tim's parotid gland - a gland that makes saliva. While the surgeon was comfortable with removing the mass, he expressed concern about tampering with facial nerves running through it - cutting the wrong one could result in facial paralysis.
While instincts told him it was benign, because it had been growing for so long, there was a chance cells could have mutated and become malignant.Tim said: 'It's the first time that I've had anyone really say that there is a possibility that it's cancerous. It kind of throws a little shadow over the parade, but there's not a damn thing I can do to change it.
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