A cancer patient told how her life was “ruined” afer she was denied cancer treatment because of the Covid lockdown
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The following month when a red ring appeared around it a second GP asked her to send a photograph of the mole. She was referred to dermatology as an emergency and she was seen a week later. The mole was cut out straight away but it took until September before they decided to remove the lymph nodes. “I now have lymphodema in my right breast because they had to take the lymph nodes from under my arm and it has caused a fluid build-up. This has ruined my whole life. It has changed me as a person. They have ruined my life.
“Even now when I go for CT scans every six months I have months of worry waiting for the results because of the backlogs. I blame the Government – all the shutdowns have caused absolute mayhem, there is not the funding the NHS requires and the wages are ridiculous.
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