A 74-year-old woman from Preston claims she had to wait nearly two years on a cancer diagnosis after being told by her GP that her symptoms including extreme tiredness were just 'down to her age'.
"It then grew to the size of a golf ball so I went to my lady GP and was told that it was just my glands and nothing to worry about so I just accepted it.
"Seven months later it was still there so I went back to my GP for the second time and was told the same thing."Despite waiting 13 years on a proper diagnoses Julia doesn't hold any anger and says"mistakes can happen" She added:"The third time I went back I was 61 at the time and told my extreme tiredness was down to my age, but 61 is not old."Two weeks after this she had a recall to go to Lancaster and was told she needed a biopsy as a lump had been found on her right breast.Luckily, when she put her arm up to be examined she winced in pain and, upon noticing something was wrong, the radiographer also took a biopsy of her left armpit.
"The following year I had a chest infection and was admitted to hospital. I recovered well but shortly afterwards I found that I had trouble swallowing.
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