Brave young mum-of-two, 24, feels 'let down by the system' following devastating diagnosis
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA brave young mother-of-two small children who has had extensive surgery faces an agonising wait to discover if she is cancer free following a devastating diagnosis.
Courtney Gibbons, 24, has had her womb, uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, appendix and lymph nodes removed in a bid to rid herself of the disease and is now hoping to hear she has the all clear.
She is also campaigning to reduce the age women begin to have their smears from 25 to 21, having been advised a cervical screening may have stopped the spread.
The mother, who has a four-year-old son, Kamiy and a five-year-old daughter, Ariah, was given the terrifying news on August 2 and says doctors at Royal Preston Hospital, where she was treated told her she was one of the youngest, if not the youngest patient to have had cervical cancer at the hospital. Read more: Sustainable pop up store selling recycled cashmere is heading to the Trafford Centre She says: "I am only 24 so didn’t qualify for a smear which is why I am so passionate about the age being reduced.
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