'A doctor's receptionist turned me away twice, now I may only have months to live'

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Sibylle Schwarz, a mum of two living near Preston, Lancashire, initially thought her persistent cough was a common cold picked up from her children's nursery.

However, as the months passed, her symptoms failed to improve. "I didn't know that the cough was a symptom," Sibylle recalls. "I have kids that go to nursery, so I was ill most of that winter. "I noticed I was coughing in February and in March it was really starting to get annoying.

I had a sore throat and would cough every time I was talking. It wasn't until I developed a swallowing issue in May I thought something was not right." However, Sibylle faced a battle to have her concerns taken seriously.

She claims the receptionist at her doctor’s surgery was dismissive, refused to book an appointment and told her to get anti-sickness tablets from a pharmacy.