A woman had her life turned upside down after being told she had cervical cancer at just 25-years-old. Casey Love, from Darlington, started experiencing "a little bit of pain" when doctors recommended she make an appointment for her cervical screening test, which found abnormal cells.
According to Teesside Live, the former House of Fraser manager endured an agonising 10 months of tests anxiously awaiting answers, before she was finally given the cancer diagnosis.
She began treatment the day after her 26th birthday. Now, Casey has been cancer free for nearly two years and is sharing her story to ensure other young women don't put off their smear test, which is offered to anyone with a cervix between 25 and 64-years-old in Scotland.
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