I was recently diagnosed with Well Differentiated Liposarcoma. I had had a large mass on my ribs, between the oblique muscles, that my doctors thought was a lipoma and advised me to leave alone. It got so large that it caused pain with certain movements, so an acupuncturist urged me to have it removed. Two weeks later the pathology report showed it was cancer, not a lipoma. I have since been to MD Anderson for evaluation, and will be returning every 4 months for MRI monitoring. I realize that I am lucky to have a slow-growing cancer that rarely metastasizes, but just the thought of having cancer left in my body (the surgeon thought it was a lipoma, so took it out in pieces, without trying to get it all or assure clear margins) is a little disconcerting. Is anyone else dealing with this type of cancer? Would love to hear your thoughts!