Teenager had common pain she thought was caused by cycling - it was killer stage 4 cancer

The heartbroken parent of a 15-year-old has told of her daze astatine learning her teen whitethorn succumb to precocious signifier bony cancer, contempt suffering virtually nary symptoms.

Millie Dennett, from Poole, Dorset, was a perfectly steadfast pupil when, past month, she fell disconnected her bicycle portion retired cycling with her father.

Soon afterwards she developed a symptom successful her arm, which the household assumed was a effect of the accident. 

But erstwhile the sensation intensified, her parent Kristina, a 38 year-old carer, decided to instrumentality her girl to A&E.

Doctors performed a bid of tests including respective X-rays, earlier sending the brace home.

But aboriginal that evening doctors called Ms Dennett to inquire her to bring Millie backmost to the infirmary for an exigency MRI. 

After spotting a worrying signifier connected the scan, the household were referred to a London hospital for a biopsy that yet revealed the devastating truth.

Millie was diagnosed with signifier 4 osteosarcoma—bone crab that has dispersed to different parts of the body, specified arsenic the lungs, brain, oregon different bones.

Doctors discovered that the illness had migrated to her chest, and they fishy determination is crab in her elbow too. 

'I felt perfectly sick, it was the worst time of my life,' Ms Dennett said of the diagnosis.

'It's each conscionable happened truthful quickly. Our full satellite got turned upside down successful conscionable a fewer hours, it's brainsick however overmuch it's changed our lives.

'It was a occurrence she fell of that bike, the doctors said she would person been dormant successful six months without treatment.

'It's been truly tough, but day-to-day you don't adjacent person clip to deliberation astir it due to the fact that it's each happening truthful rapidly and I person to enactment beardown for Millie.'

The teen is present undergoing astir 3 months of gruelling chemotherapy earlier large country to region the tumours, which volition beryllium followed by a further 4 months of radiation treatment.

Speaking of the daze of the diagnosis, Mrs Dennett said: 'We had perfectly nary inkling.

'Doctors asked her if she had experienced immoderate symptoms similar value loss, headaches oregon fatigue, but determination was thing to accidental she wasn't well.'

Osteosarcoma is uncommon and one of the deadliest puerility cancers, with an estimated 150 caller cases diagnosed successful minors successful the UK each year.

But semipermanent endurance rates person remained unchanged for implicit 15 years, with less than 7 successful 10 patients connected mean surviving beyond 5 years.

Many of the astir emblematic signs of the illness tin mimic communal ailments—including pain, swelling, fever, fatigue and value loss. 

More evident symptoms see a lump adjacent the infected area, anemic oregon easy breached bones and trouble moving definite limbs.

Ms Dennett, who has 1 different child, has had to permission her occupation successful bid to look aft her girl full-time.

A GoFundMe leafage has been acceptable up to assistance the household with their costs including question to the infirmary an hr distant successful Southampton and overnight stays.

Millie had dreams of being an aerial hostess and travelling the world, but has had to driblet retired of schoolhouse to absorption connected the intensive treatment. 

Doctors person fixed the household anticipation that the illness could beryllium curable.

'She's been truthful brave and strong, she's perfectly astonishing and inactive smiling,' her parent said.