A mum who was taking medication for IBS received a devastating phone call while at work that would change her life. Gill Guy-Edwards started getting pains in her abdomen, she needed to urinate more often and experienced changes to her bowel movements.
Doctors told the 58-year-old she had a prolapsed womb and would need a hysterectomy. But blood tests soon showed high levels of CA125, a cancer antigen protein.
An ultrasound found a large mass on her right ovary and she was sent for a CT scan. Speaking about the day she got the phone call Gill said: "It was during Covid and I got a phone call to tell me I had ovarian cancer which in itself is really traumatic.
