A mum who was told she was being "overly anxious" by doctors was left shattered after being diagnosed with cancer. Clare Crossey looked up her symptoms online after she came out in a rash and started feeling tired and unwell.The 35-year-old grew more concerned when her search suggested she might have leukaemia, and she promptly made an appointment with her local GP.
Doctors initially dismissed her self-diagnosis, instead prescribing the former care worker with beta-blockers and organising blood tests for the following week, according to the Mirror.
However, just two days later she woke up to find her gums were bleeding and called Craigavon Hospital, who advised her to come to A&E.
Tests here confirmed her fears, and she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia.Chillingly, she was told had she waited another two days for tests as she had been advised, she may have died.The mum of two said: “I had a feeling in the back of my head that things weren’t right.“A short time after arriving at the hospital, I received a blood test.
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