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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

'I was told my pain was from my contraceptive coil - now I have months left to live'

A mum who was told her contraceptive coil was causing her pain has learned she has terminal cancer.

Emma Rice, 32, first started experiencing symptoms back in February 2021 when she began bleeding heavily from her vagina and had discomfort.

A doctor first believed her contraceptive coil - a T-shaped device inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy - had become dislodged.

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