"Towards the end of 2019, Becca Smith's life was full and hectic. At 28, she had taken on a unit in Chester to convert into a yoga studio, poured in all her savings and hired teachers, while at the same time working as a personal trainer. Her days started at 5am; she was driven, stressed, excited, and had no time for the back pain that just would not subside."
"Once there, Smith was admitted, and over the course of a week, had an MRI, a CT scan, and a biopsy taken from the cells in her back. Smith was alone in her bed when two doctors appeared, closed the curtains, and told her that she had cancer in her lungs that had spread down her spine and up into her brain. It was stage four. They said there was nothing they could do for me, says Smith."
Becca Smith, 28, was converting a Chester unit into a yoga studio while working as a personal trainer. Persistent, migrating back pain led her to seek GP, physiotherapist, and chiropractor care; practitioners suspected a torn muscle or slipped disc. In March 2020 escalating pain, migraine, and blurred vision led to optical review revealing haemorrhaging and immediate hospital admission. Imaging and biopsy over a week revealed lung cancer that had spread to her spine and brain, staged as four. Doctors told her prognosis was likely weeks, and she returned home for palliative care as Covid began. Friends wrote farewell letters.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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