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Tibia stress fracture

Been diagnosed with a tibia stress fracture today after a long week of waiting on an xray (to rule out sarcoma as thier is a lump) been told tonight it is a strange looking fracture and they have never seen anything like it so I'm panicking again now, any ideas what I have ahead of me
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BIOPSY ASAP,THIS AND NOTHING ELSE TO START,ITS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DEALING WITH.I HOPE IT DOESNT TURN OUT YOU HAVE OSTEOSARCOMA,GOODLUCK!@KEEP US POSTED,THERE ARE 40 POSSIBLE CAUSES.NOT ALL OF THEM ARE BAD.BUT THE REALITY IS IT APPEARS SOMETHING THEN is eating away at your bones,causing a fracture. not a stress fracture, a pathologic fracture (look that term up)the reality is that cancer is a possibility at this poi
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