A grandmother who thought her extreme tiredness was a sign of age was given a devastating diagnosis 18 months later. Julia Jones was initially told her weariness was linked to her advancing years and that a lump under her arm was raised glands, LancsLive reports.
But 18 months later she discovered she had leukaemia. Julia, 74, of Preston, said: "I had found the lump 18 months before my diagnosis and had seen the GP three times. It wasn’t until a routine mammogram that something was picked up. A blood test was not done before this to double check the cause of the symptoms.
"It was thought I might have breast cancer, so a biopsy was taken. However, I was instead told I had chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).
