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Scots mum told three times by medics she had acid reflux when it was actually terminal cancer
terminal cancer.And when finally diagnosed she only discovered how serious her condition was by reading notes left discarded on her bed by a nurse.Jackie Johnson, 50, has stage four cancer of the oesophagus and has been told by medics there is no hope for her. Only palliative chemotherapy treatment has been offered.But Jackie and her partner Colin Stewart, 49, have found an expert on this type of cancer who says he may be able to offer curative treatment.In order to make his decision, he needs Jackie to have a positron emission tomography scan (PET) which tells doctors about the presence, location and severity of cancers.
