A teenage girl has ‘bizarrely’ suffered from cancer symptoms since her identical twin was diagnosed in 2017 - despite not having the disease herself. Sophie Walker, 16, was diagnosed with a Wilms tumour - a type of kidney cancer - on October 25 2017, and started a four-week course of chemotherapy shortly after.
In the five years since, she has gone into remission twice - but relapsed four times. Throughout this time, her twin sister, Megan, has been experiencing many of the same symptoms. After Sophie was diagnosed following stomach bug-like cramps, Megan began experiencing similar symptoms - including stomach and back pain, paleness - even weight loss.
The girls’ mum, Rebecca Walker, said: “When Sophie was first diagnosed, Megan had all the symptoms. People comment on how ill she looks all the time - she’s even paler than her sister. Every test under the sun has been done on her, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with her. It’s so bizarre.”
