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23.04.2023 - 10:51 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A young mum who was diagnosed with cancer at 32 has urged people to get a second opinion after being told her cancerous lump was 'nothing to worry about'.
Karli Durrant was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer during lockdown after feeling like something was wrong with her body.
Despite expressing her concerns in February 2021, mum-of-one Karli was told by her GP that he wasn't concerned about the lump.
She said: “I went to my GP and he said he wasn’t concerned.”
Karli, now 34, told the M.E.N. “At the time, I was in the best possible health I could have been in.
“Because of the lockdown, I was exercising every day and keeping really fit. My doctor told me I was in great health, I was young, I had no family history of cancer and the lump was mobile so he wasn’t worried, but would still refer me for a screening just to be sure.”
When Karli, who works in child services, found out there would be a six-week wait time for an appointment, she said her anxiety got the best of her and she booked herself in with a private doctor just to get some clarity.
“The doctor who examined me there said they weren’t concerned either, but said I could have a scan if I didn’t want to wait for my NHS appointment,” she explained. “Just to rule it out, I decided to have the scan and pay the money to find out.
“As soon as they scanned the lump, I could see on their faces there and then it was breast cancer. He went from being joyous to sternly asking me ‘how long have you had this?’”
The doctor, who Karli described as ‘amazing and great’, then got in touch with the NHS to expedite a referral back to them and she was seen again just three days after the scan.
Ultimately, she was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and it was discovered the lump had
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