Laila thought she had recurrent anaemia
A Glasgow student diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer aged 27 initially thought she had recurrent anaemia.
Laila was initially prescribed irritable bowel syndrome medication by a doctor but was unable to get surgery at first because of covid. "The night after that appointment my pain became even more severe and I was referred to the local hospital as an emergency. I had an ultrasound that evening and a huge mass could be seen on my ovary - 20x20x19cm – no wonder I felt like I had a bowling ball in my tummy. The ultrasound technician wouldn't tell me what she thought it was, just said I needed a CT scan."
"I recovered well and was discharged four days later. I returned to my parents' house though I could no longer carry out my caring duties for my mum due to the surgery which was really difficult for both of us. Thankfully we were able to get carers to come in and help." "I was readmitted to hospital four weeks after my surgery with severe pain and vomiting. I was sent back to the gynaecology ward who did an ultrasound. The scan showed some free fluid which they were not concerned about and put down to my recent operation."
Doctors then decided to keep Laila to do a colonoscopy due to concerns about the appearance of the mass. "The following day I had a bowel resection via open surgery. I had three-quarters of my colon removed and woke up in a lot of pain – I had barely recovered from my first surgery and here they were slicing me open again. I spent five days in the high-dependency unit and was then moved back to the general ward on Friday."
She added: "My final staging was T4N1M1. I was absolutely floored. I hadn't really batted an eye when I found out I had cancer but to find out it had spread, I was terrified. I asked the doctor 'does this mean I'm going to die?' She just said 'we'll try our best to stop a recurrence'.
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