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Vivienne Aitken

Scots mum who put tiredness down to being working mother gets heartbreaking diagnosis

A new mum has issued a warning to women after feeling tired on returning to work turned out to be a symptom of cancer.

Eilidh Dewar was rushed to hospital after being diagnosed with leukaemia hours after going to see her GP. The 39-year-old initially thought her tiredness was down to returning to work as an emergency service worker after becoming a mum.

But her GP immediately recognised she had symptoms of a more serious illness. Hospital blood tests confirmed she had acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APML) and she was rushed to the Beatson cancer centre to begin immediate treatment.

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