Motherwell nurse begs for help after beach ball-sized tumour leaves her suicidal

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A Lanarkshire nurse is begging for help for treatment to a beach ball-sized growth between her legs which has left her feeling suicidal.

Jacklyn Richardson, 44, can no longer work and needs carers to help her because of the growth which was detected almost two years ago.But the lump, which extends from her genital area to her knees, has never had a biopsy carried out on it and no attempt has been made to discuss its removal.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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I told my GP I was going to take a knife to it myself.“It can be painful, it can get trapped between chairs and it is sore when I am walking.