'I found my daughter dead in bed at 36 - after doctors said she was too young to have bowel cancer'
I found my daughter dead in bed at 36 – after doctors said she was too young to have bowel cancer
Margaret said: "Even though she had all the symptoms, they didn’t suspect it could be cancer. They thought she was too young. In March 2016, Annabel had a pelvic scan which showed a polyp, but she was told it wasn't anything to be concerned about. if it's picked up at stage 4, but detected quickly, more than nine in ten patients will live five years or longer.- to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of the disease, to empower everyone to check themselves.Margaret said: "When she did complain to NHS England, they said it wasn’t something GP would have been able to detect.
Margaret, who became her daughter's sole carer, was shocked to find Annabel hadn't made it through the night."She was cheery, she even came into my bedroom and said to me, ‘mum I need to get up and move around’.Margaret Chung Since her death two years ago, Margaret has been struggling to come to terms with losing her daughter.
Margaret says more should be done to spot the early signs of bowel cancer - the 2nd deadliest form of the disease in the UK.
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