Fit and healthy 17-year-old was told by doctors his leg pain was sciatica - three years later, he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that's now spread to his lungs

Fit and healthy 17-year-old was told by doctors his leg pain was sciatica - three years later, he was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer that's now spread to his lungs READ MORE: Drs told me my breathlessness was anxiety...

it was actually cancer By John Ely Deputy Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 05:01 EDT, 22 August 2024 | Updated: 05:01 EDT, 22 August 2024 e-mail View comments When Jake Spencer started experiencing pain in his left thigh while learning to drive, he assumed it was muscle strain from using the clutch. But the real cause of the mystery ache was a rare form of cancer that nearly cost the now 26-year-old his limb. However, it would take three years for medics to uncover that the disease was the real culprit and if it had taken much longer, he would have needed his leg amputated.

And even then, it would return to haunt him again. 'If this hadn't been caught [when it did], due to the location of the tumour, it's possible I'd have needed an amputation,' the administrator, from Ashford, Kent, said. When Jake Spencer started experiencing pain in his left thigh while learning how to drive, he assumed it was muscle strain from using the clutch But the real cause of the mystery ache was a rare form of cancer that nearly cost the now 26-year-old his limb 'I only remember being told it was cancer — it was literally like you see in the movies; everything went in one ear and out the other.

'I was on autopilot for a few days trying to understand what was happening..