'Don’t settle for no - stand your ground and tell them you need to be seen' 💔
A young mum from Leyland says she feels "let down by the system" and faces an agonising results wait following a devastating diagnosis.
READ MORE: Blackpool Pleasure Beach dream for schoolgirl after receiving devastating tumour diagnosis She said she went back multiple times because she knew something wasn’t right, and says: "Every time I picked my son up, coughed or went to the toilet I would spot some blood." Courtney says she was given Norethisterone pills that stop bleeding but she wanted to know why she was bleeding in the first place.
"I was numb. I then went for a PET scan which showed me that the cancer had spread to my fallopian tubes, appendix and pelvic lymph nodes." She added: "I want to raise awareness that no matter how old you are, if you know something is not right then you know your body better than anyone else. And to tell women if you are spotting make sure you go and get checked.