Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing A mum died aged just 28 after being told her cervical cancer symptoms were a side effect of the contraceptive injection.
Alexandra Hodson tragically passed away in August last year, two years after she fought for her diagnosis, the Liverpool Echo reports.
The mum-of-one had told doctors 'time and time' again about her symptoms, but said she 'got told it could be normal because of the contraception she was on'.
A year on from her death, Alexandra's sister Nicola Hodson, 37, is speaking out to encourage people to go for smear tests when invited. READ MORE:Mum-of-three given heartbreaking terminal diagnosis just one day after 31st birthday Nicola, from Preston,
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