Young woman who begged GP for tests left distraught as ovarian cancer ruins hopes for family
dailyrecord.co.ukA young woman whose GP sent her home with paracetamol after she complained of ovarian cancer symptoms has been left devastated after she was later diagnosed with the illness and left infertile.Jordanna Saye, from Paisley, first visited Dr Richmond and Partners, in Linwood, in February 2022 complaining of stomach pain, bloating, feeling full very quickly and needing to pee more often - all common symptoms of the disease.The 27-year-old had been diagnosed with endometriosis in 2015, and a tumour in her left ovary in 2017 that was thought to be connected to the condition.
She was being monitored for early signs of ovarian cancer with Ca125 blood tests - which test for protein. But despite results returning with high test markers last year, a GP told Jordanna she was "too young for cancer" and sent her home with paracetamol for the pain that was "likely connected to her endometriosis".Speaking to the Record she said: "I first went to the doctors in February last year with more or less all the symptoms of ovarian cancer."They just kept palming me off.
The doctor said I was too young to have cancer and the pain was likely to be my endometriosis - but it was a different type of pain."I was going to the doctors with symptoms every month and I was given paracetamol.
I ended up going to hospital because the pain was so severe. I was really going downhill."Jordanna lost three stone in just 10 months as her health continued to deteriorate, and began to suffer back pain and fatigue.
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