Mum 'with one Christmas left' warns of the signs we should all be looking for

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A woman who was told she might only have one last Christmas to celebrate, following a heart-wrenching diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, is now marking five years of being cancer-free.

Bryony Thomas, 46, received the devastating news of her pancreatic cancer in December 2019. She was informed that her tumour was borderline inoperable and if it couldn't be removed, she had approximately 12 weeks left to live.

As Bryony spent what she believed could be her final Christmas with her then eight year old daughter Eleni, her scans were forwarded to the regional Hepatobiliary Multidisciplinary Team at Bristol Royal Infirmary, which was part of University Hospitals Bristol at the time.

The consultants there evaluated whether surgery was feasible. There were concerns about operating on the tumour as it was located on Bryony's portal vein, which transports blood from the gastrointestinal tract, gallbladder, pancreas and spleen to the liver. READ MORE: Tragedy as much-loved dad, 27, collapses and dies after game of football To remove the tumour, they would also need to take out a section of the vein itself.