'I spotted symptom of rare cancer doing face mask - I lost my eye but friends saved my life'

A mum suffering with a swollen eye was forced to have it removed after cancer pushed it out of the socket - leaving her with a bulging eyeball. Sara McGarvey first noticed her right eye was swollen when she did a face mask one night in January 2023.

The senior social worker brushed it off until discussing the symptoms with concerned colleagues the next day who pushed her to visit an eye clinic. After a CT scan, MRI scan and two biopsies, Sara was diagnosed with undifferentiated round cell soft tissue sarcoma - a rare form of cancer - in June 2023.

By that point the tumour, which was located in the top corner of her right eyelid, had caused Sara's eyeball to 'turn sideways' and bulge further and

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