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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Aaliyah Rugg & Stephen Topping

Mum, 39, who thought she had 'summer cold' given heartbreaking diagnosis

A mum who thought she had a cold was given a devastating diagnoses after she began struggling to breathe. Katie Froggatt's symptoms did not seem too concerning at the start, when she first felt unwell in summer 2021.

But after her breathing became a real difficulty, the 39-year-old was told by doctors she had an aggressive tumour. Having began surgery, Katie was told her cancer was terminal just before Christmas.

She was given a heartbreaking prognosis of less than a year to live, the Liverpool Echo reports. Yet Katie, from Southport, Merseyside, now has fresh hope after discovering her cancer has been shrinking.

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