A young woman who suddenly started losing weight dramatically found that she had contracted a life-threatening illness in the form of bowel cancer.
Sarah Griffiths was generally fit and healthy when she first started suffering from symptoms including the weight loss and some blood in her stools. Aged 31 at the time, she 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 even attempting 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 emergency bowel surgery and then six months of chemotherapy to treat the growth.
