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Gemma Ryder

Scots woman left heartbroken after 'IBS' symptoms turn out to be terminal cancer

A Scots woman who was told she had Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Stacey Cochrane, from Cowdenbeath, Fife, made two trips to A&E and had several GP appointments while suffering from horrendous abdominal pain over two months in the summer.

But it wasn't until a trip to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy on September 21 that an anxious Stacey pleaded to be given a scan. Later that day, she was diagnosed with stomach cancer.

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