A 40-year-old woman thought she was pregnant after her periods stopped and her stomach and boobs ballooned.
Jasmin Byrde, from Shobnall, Staffordshire, took a pregnancy test after missing her first period but when it came back negative, she went to see her GP.
She was told she’s just tired and stressed and was given a high dose of liquid Gaviscon.
When she told them to have an ultrasound, they refused to say she wasn’t pregnant.
Jasmin said: “Everyone around me thought I was pregnant. It was heartbreaking because I had so many people calling me a liar and asking who the dad was.”
After she shared a picture of herself on Facebook, she was accused of telling lies and she had to defend herself to everyone.
After four months, she had an X-ray in October at Queens Hospital, in Burton, Derbyshire and the doctors thought it might be endometriosis or polycystic ovaries and had no clue what was wrong.
She said: “The doctor just asked if I’d been stressed -because my stomach was swollen. He refused to scan me. I went home heartbroken because I knew something wasn’t right and didn’t feel right.”
In December, Jasmin had a biopsy and a PET scan in Nottingham and within two weeks, she was diagnosed with deadly lung cancer.
After being diagnosed with lung cancer, she was given two options as the doctors told her to leave it for a few months to see if it grows or to have a biopsy.
She chose to have a biopsy.
Jasmin said: “Since the cancer diagnosis, the NHS has been brilliant. But rest assured, I was angry and ready to sue them. I was so mad at them for not listening and letting me get scanned sooner.”
Jasmin had a 14-hour operation and had half of her lung and a couple of ribs removed.
Jasmin said she never thought she might have deadly cancer after missing her periods and when her boobs and stomach started to swell.
Jasmin thanked her friend Cherry Buckley who raised £200 for her and said she wouldn’t have done it without her.
She said: “I wouldn’t have got through it without her as I wouldn’t have gone to the hospital. I couldn’t imagine myself without her.”
Jasmin’s next check-up appointment has been canceled due to the coronavirus crisis and she is now just waiting to be cancer-free.
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