A young mum has died from cancer just two weeks after she was told she wouldn't be able to go on holiday by a doctor.
Kirsty Guy, 33, had previously battled breast cancer when she was pregnant with her second child. She managed to get the all-clear after giving birth prematurely and fighting the disease.
Her husband Shaun Guy described her as "beautiful" and said she "took everything on the chin" with regards to her illness.
In April 2022, Kirsty began to experience a terrible cough, two years after getting the all-clear. Kirsty assumed she had a chest infection, but tests showed patches on her lungs.
She was diagnosed with secondary metastatic breast cancer which had spread to her lungs, and told by medics it was treatable but not curable, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Kirsty, from Ellesmere Post, in Wirral, began more treatment. Shaun said: "She came down with a really bad cough and it got to the point where it was keeping us up at night and getting on top of her.
"With it being Easter we had to wait a few days but it was basically confirmed she had lung cancer and it was terminal."
In March, Kirsty began suffering from bad headaches, with the pain "unbearable" according to Shaun, as the couple assumed it was a combination of the chemotherapy and the menopause.
However, a week before they were due to go on holiday they received the devastating news that the cancer had spread to her brain, and Kirsty sadly died on May 27.
She leaves behind Shaun as well as children Scarlett and Hallie. Shaun said: "Literally in two weeks she deteriorated. She had memory loss and dizziness. We were due on holiday the Saturday after but we were told she wasn't fit to fly so we went to CenterParcs instead.
"Our last holiday away and she loved every minute of it. She even went swimming for the first time since her mastectomy. We thought she had been given the all clear in 2020 and that was that but this cancer was secondary so we took that as the cancer hadn't gone completely.
"She was beautiful, with the illness she took everything on the chin, she was used to getting bad news and said there was nothing you can do, what's the point in crying."
He added: "If you feel something abnormal or something you think is a little worry, I'd recommend going to your GP straight away."
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