A young woman was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness after she suddenly started losing weight.
Sarah Griffiths, from Prenton, Wirral, was generally fit and healthy when she first started suffering from symptoms including blood in her stools and unexplained weight loss. The 31-year-old said she hadn't noticed the weight loss at first, but when the blood persisted for four weeks, she stepped on the scales and realised she’d lost a stone without trying to diet.
Sarah went to see her GP and her blood tests were clear, but a colonoscopy in June 2019 revealed she had stage three bowel cancer and a tumour “the size of a peach” was discovered. Sarah was told the devastating news the cancer had also spread to her lymph nodes and she had to undergo immediate major bowel surgery as well as six months of chemotherapy to treat it.
