A mum who thought she was suffering from a stitch while holidaying in Scotland has been told she could have just months left to live after receiving a shock diagnosis.
Ros Atkins, from Gateacre, Liverpool, was on a family getaway with her husband John, 42, and their daughter Maggie, six, when she started experiencing pain in the in the right side of her body, according to the Mirror.
The 43-year-old initially thought she might have pulled a muscle while sleeping in different hotel beds, but later made an appointment with her GP when the pain got worse after returning home.
Ros said: "I can only describe it as like a stitch in the right hand side. It started to be quite painful when I took a full intake of breath, that's the only way I can describe it really."After going to see her GP, who believed she could have a blood clot in her lung, Ros was told to go to hospital immediately.
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