Tributes have been paid to a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who died suddenly at the age of 20.
12.02.2022 - 18:11 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots woman whose rare cancer was misdiagnosed for three years is desperately fundraising for further treatment abroad.
Laura Gilmore Anderson, who was born in Ireland but lives in Glasgow, has a rare type of cancer called Neuroendocrine.
The 34-year-old spent nearly three years having her health concerns dismissed by doctors after first experiencing getting stomach cramps in 2017.
Laura claims she repeatedly sought medical help for pain in her stomach and back but was told it was a 'viral infection'.
The cancer, which started in her pancreas, has now spread during the years she was being misdiagnosed.
Laura told the Mirror : “I was in and out of the GP with lots of lower abdominal pain and lower back pain.
“When I had blood taken they would just say it was a viral infection, continuously, just say viral infection until I persisted and pushed."
Laura and her husband, Paul Anderson, were also trying for a baby when she began experiencing health issues.
The 34-year-old initially feared there was 'something wrong' with her ovaries.
“I was always missing work and we were trying to conceive after we got married in 2018.
“You’re explaining that to the GP and I just thought there was something wrong with me, something related to ovaries or something like that. But they never investigated more early on", she added.
Further investigations eventually revealed a swollen spleen in January 2020.
Laura, who had been suffering from 'severe pain', was told by doctors that she wouldn't be treated as the swelling would reduce in time.
She said: “I was in and out of A&E during Covid, getting ultrasounds and loads of other scans.
“In January 2020 when I was at my worst healthwise, the pain was so severe, I got a scan, and on it, it showed I had
Tributes have been paid to a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who died suddenly at the age of 20.
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