A woman has told of how an ovarian cyst weighing 26kg (4st or 57lb) was removed from her body after doctors insisted at first that she must be pregnant. Keely Favell lost a third of her body weight after surgery to remove the growth. Despite numerous inconclusive blood tests coming back, a GP decided that she was pregnant, Favell wrote in a blogpost describing her experience. Both physically and mentally.”She told the BBC that the cyst had appeared to grow so slowly at first that that she did not believe anything was wrong. It was “so embarrassing” explaining she was not pregnant, Favell said, that she had decided to go along with well-wishers who asked her about her future date of delivery.

Source: The Irish Times November 30, 2018 09:56 UTC