A super fit mum-to-be who put her breathlessness down to being pregnant was mortified when medics dropped the bombshell that she has cancer. Gym goer Victoria Hemmings-Slack went to her doctor because she was so easily out of breath while later symptoms included night sweats, itchy skin and a pain in her chest.
Her GP at first told the 30-year-old she had a chest infection but at 17 weeks pregnant was rushed to A&E where a chest x-ray revealed a tumour on her chest. Medics then found a lump in her neck and Victoria was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma, Stoke-on-Trent Live reports.
Victoria told how her thoughts immediately turned to her unborn child after being told the devastating news. She was terrified of her baby growing up not remembering her.
