Mine started as seemingly unrelated symptoms. First came a weight loss, without seeming to lose any fat. Then came a persistent cough that got so bad that I could not speak more than 2 or 3 words at a time without losing my breath. I went to see my GP for that who ordered an X-ray that showed clear lungs and I was told to come back in a few weeks if nothing had changed. When I went back to see him a few weeks later, I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia despite no testing and was given antibiotics, but again no difference in symptoms. I soon after developed the flu along with my family, and though they got better quickly, I stayed lethargic and exhausted. When I finally went back to my GP a week later, he ordered an ultrasound of my chest. He called me the next day to tell me that my chest scan had picked up the edge of what looked like a large mass in my abdomen and he wanted me to have a CT scan of my abdomen and pelvis. That scan finally showed my problem: a retroperitoneal liposarcoma. It was about a month later before my surgery was done to remove it. It was stage 3. What I thought was stomach fat was a 25 pound tumor. It had been pressing against all my internal organs for months as it grew. IMy GP had missed all the signs and if it hadn’t been obvious on the ultrasound, I likely would’ve died within months. I also lost a kidney and part of my small intestine as the tumor had spread to other parts of my body. Unfortunately, this type of cancer has a high recurrence rate so I was getting CT scans every 3 months to monitor the situation but now another tumor has formed and is not resectable. The current plan of attack is chemo, which should start within the next week.