Young nurse whose smear test was cancelled during lockdown diagnosed with cervical cancer

dailyrecord.co.uk:

nurse who had her smear test cancelled during lockdown has been diagnosed with a cervical cancer tumour the size of a golf ball.Destiny Wade, 28, was told she was 'not a priority' because of her age after reporting cancerous symptoms.The oncology nurse had been due a test in march which was cancelled because of the coronavirus, reports The Mirror.But after a heavy night of bleeding she took herself to A&E and within weeks of tests, she give the devastating diagnosis.

She said: "I started having some symptoms in February such as bleeding after sex but I didn't think anything of it."In March I was supposed to have a smear test which I do every three years but my GP called me and told me it was cancelled due to Covid-19."When I raised that I.