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| Melon-size tumour removed from Scunthorpe man's neck after 24 years | Melon-size tumour removed from Scunthorpe man's neck after 24 years |
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| A man has had a tumour the size of a melon removed from his neck after living with it for 24 years. | A man has had a tumour the size of a melon removed from his neck after living with it for 24 years. |
| Ian Crow said he decided to have the 1.2kg (2.6lb) lump removed because he got "fed up of it in the end". | Ian Crow said he decided to have the 1.2kg (2.6lb) lump removed because he got "fed up of it in the end". |
| The 66-year-old had lived with the "slow growing" tumour since 1992 and described it as "a part of him". | The 66-year-old had lived with the "slow growing" tumour since 1992 and described it as "a part of him". |
| Mr Crow, of Ashby, near Scunthorpe, said: "It never hurt, I was able to sleep fine and the only time it really bothered me was in the summer." | Mr Crow, of Ashby, near Scunthorpe, said: "It never hurt, I was able to sleep fine and the only time it really bothered me was in the summer." |
| He said the benign tumour started growing in 1992, but he simply "came to accept it". | He said the benign tumour started growing in 1992, but he simply "came to accept it". |
| The grandfather added: "In the end I did get fed up of it and wanted it removing. When I got to retirement age I felt it was time for it to go." | The grandfather added: "In the end I did get fed up of it and wanted it removing. When I got to retirement age I felt it was time for it to go." |
| The tumour was removed in a two-hour operation at Scunthorpe General Hospital. | |
| His wife Lillian said she was "glad it had gone". | His wife Lillian said she was "glad it had gone". |
| "It got on my nerves especially when it got bigger. You couldn't cuddle up to him or anything because it was that huge," she said. | "It got on my nerves especially when it got bigger. You couldn't cuddle up to him or anything because it was that huge," she said. |
| "When you're out people would stop and stare and that would really bother me." | "When you're out people would stop and stare and that would really bother me." |
| Mr Crow's surgeon, Mr Ganapathy Dhanasekar, said: "It was a slow growing tumour, the size of which presented us with quite a challenge. | Mr Crow's surgeon, Mr Ganapathy Dhanasekar, said: "It was a slow growing tumour, the size of which presented us with quite a challenge. |
| "But it all went very well and the scar is healing nicely and the most important thing is that the tumour was benign. | "But it all went very well and the scar is healing nicely and the most important thing is that the tumour was benign. |
| "The tumour was what we call a pleomorphic adenoma, which is a benign tumour of the parotid salivary gland." | "The tumour was what we call a pleomorphic adenoma, which is a benign tumour of the parotid salivary gland." |
| Mr Crow, a retired factory worker, said: "I'm really surprised at how well the scar has healed, he's done a good job." | Mr Crow, a retired factory worker, said: "I'm really surprised at how well the scar has healed, he's done a good job." |
| He said he was never concerned the tumour could be cancerous because he had "no pain from it" and refused to be seen by consultants until last year. | He said he was never concerned the tumour could be cancerous because he had "no pain from it" and refused to be seen by consultants until last year. |
| He said a new job working in a chicken factory at the time had prevented him from removing the tumour years ago because he did not want to take the time off work. | He said a new job working in a chicken factory at the time had prevented him from removing the tumour years ago because he did not want to take the time off work. |