A mum was shocked to learn of a colon cancer diagnosis after previously putting her symptoms down to old age. Sally Nelson, 62, completed a bowel screening kit just one month before a colonoscopy and is now pushing for others to get checked out.
During a holiday visiting family in 2021 the mum, from Newtownwards, County Down, suffered symptoms of exhaustion and loss of breath. Sally nearly fainted before booking a GP appointment upon her return home as her symptoms worsened, reports the Mirror.
Blood tests revealed she had a lower blood count than normal and was 'extremely' anaemic before being prescribed tablets. Sally was then referred for colon CT scan in January 2022 after her scheduled colonoscopy took place at Downe Hospital in Downpatrick.
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