"There are thousands of people out there who get menstrual pains that would think nothing of it. I knew my gut instinct was go to my GP. Weeks went on and the stomach cramps left her bedbound. Too ill to attend multiple colonoscopy examinations arranged by her doctors, her concerned partner, James Mills, took her hospital."
"Doctors scheduled her for a CT scan and found a tumour on her bowel that had spread to her liver, and she was warned that if they didn't operate immediately, it could perforate at any time. Kirsty Laing was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer aged 34."
Kirsty Laing, a 34-year-old radiologist working at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Scotland, experienced stomach cramps that she initially thought were normal. However, she recognized something was wrong and consulted her GP. The symptoms worsened, leaving her bedridden and unable to attend scheduled colonoscopies. Her partner brought her to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed a tumor on her bowel that had metastasized to her liver. She was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer and required immediate surgery to prevent perforation. Laing's case underscores how early warning signs can be mistaken for common conditions, particularly menstrual pain, potentially delaying diagnosis in many people.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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