A mother-of-three noticed her finger had become infected as it was “all swollen and green” and was put in an induced coma after a “devastating” leukaemia diagnosis which left her battling for life.
Now celebrating being almost six years cancer-free, Peppie Scobbie, 53, who lives in Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, said she did not “feel right” while holidaying in Portugal in July 2017 – after which she returned home and noticed her finger had gone green and was “swollen” and “throbbing”. She has said “it was never an option to give up”.
After antibiotics failed to treat the apparent infection, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) – a type of blood cancer – aged 47, and underwent three “intense” rounds of chemotherapy, which made her hair “fall out in clumps”. During the first round of treatment, Peppie developed pneumonia and sepsis and was put in an induced coma and on life support, which made doctors question “whether she was going to make it”.
