A poll carried out amid the row over Westminster stepping in to block reforms of the gender recognition process in Scotland has found a majority in favour of independence.
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A Scots woman who was told she had Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Stacey Cochrane, from Cowdenbeath, Fife, made two trips to A&E and had several GP appointments while suffering from horrendous abdominal pain over two months in the summer.
But it wasn't until a trip to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy on September 21 that an anxious Stacey pleaded to be given a scan. Later that day, she was diagnosed with stomach cancer.
The 37-year-old, who is married to Kenneth, told the Record: "I had been having problems with stomach pain for about five years without ever really knowing what the issue was. But it got so bad this year that I was admitted to A&E on August 6.
"I was checked over and given some morphine. Four hour later, I was told I was ok to home.
"I was going on holiday that week, so I asked if I was definitely fit to fly, but they gave me the all-clear and said just to keep away from dairy products. Then I was poorly the whole five days we were in Bulgaria with severe diarrhoea and vomiting."
Stacey said she attended several appointments with her GP after her A&E trip in early August and claims that her doctor told her on August 26 that her symptoms were linked to IBS.
She added: "The GP assured me he was 100% certain that it was IBS, but I do remember asking how he could know that for certain without a scan.
"Then on September 21 I ended up phoning 999 through the night with more stomach pain and vomiting. A paramedic came out to the house and then admitted me to hospital.
"By now knew something was seriously wrong. I couldn't even keep water down. So I literally begged for a CT scan.
"Later that night, I was diagnosed with cancer."
Stacey's heartbreaking diagnosis revealed that she
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