'I was fobbed off by A&E and GP 12 times - then they told me I had months to live'

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A mother says she was 'fobbed off' by the NHS 12 times before being diagnosed with leukaemia. Tammy Guide said medics eventually told her she had just 'months to live', but said she is grateful to still be alive, despite her treatment delays.

The 52-year-old, a hospice volunteer, said she visited her local A&E department six times – twice by ambulance – and her GP six times from December 2020 to February 2021.

Tammy said she 'knew her body was failing' as her symptoms included a high temperature and heart rate, extreme lethargy, pain, bruising, and lumps all over her body, but she felt 'no-one would listen' and claims doctors told her 'they couldn’t find anything' after she had a scan and blood tests. READ MORE: Hospital issues statement as mum, 36, dies minutes after giving birth But by 'sheer luck', her rheumatologist had reviewed her test results and suggested she have further examinations, and in February 2021, she received her acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) diagnosis – a type of blood cancer.

Tammy, from from Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, started treatment straightaway, but following a stem cell transplant, she relapsed in December 2021 and was told she had just months to live.