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'I thought I'd caught a bug from nursery - doctors said I was hours from death'
Chloe Wakelin went to A&E because her skin was 'turning yellow' where scans revealed she had a large mass in her colon that required immediate surgery to save her life
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Chloe Wakelin went to A&E because her skin was 'turning yellow' where scans revealed she had a large mass in her colon that required immediate surgery to save her lifeChloe was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer after thinking she'd picked up a stomach bug from kids at the nursey where she worked (
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A nursery worker was told she was '12 hours from death' after being diagnosed with bowel cancer, despite first thinking she'd picked up a bug from the children at work.
Chloe Wakelin says she visited her GP weekly for two months to complain of persistent tummy ache, tiredness and low appetite. The worried 26-year-old was reportedly told it was 'probably a viral stomach bug' after tests for Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome came back negative. She assumed she'd picked up the illness while caring for children at work or looking after her six-year-old daughter Harper-Ellen.
In January last year, she was rushed to A&E because her skin was 'turning yellow' and scans revealed she had a large mass in her colon that required immediate surgery. Chloe says doctors revealed she was just 12 hours from death as her liver and kidneys were failing. When she woke from her seven-and-a-half-hour-long surgery she had a stoma bag and medics confirmed she had stage three colon cancer.
Chloe was told she had bowel cancer (Image:
Kennedy News and Media) Chloe Wakelin (left) with her mum Emma (Image:
Kennedy News and Media)The mum-of-one says she felt 'everything had crumbled around her' when she got the news but is now thankfully in remission after four rounds of gruelling chemotherapy. She added that she feels 'let down' by the doctors who brushed off her concerns and is keen to raise awareness of symptoms to look out for.
Chloe, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, said: "I was told that I probably just had a viral stomach bug. I was working in a nursery and I was around children all the time so I just thought that if it was a stomach bug, I'd picked it up from the children. I have a little girl myself so maybe she'd brought it home from school. As time went on, I knew that the stomach bug wasn't going away and that it had to be something else.
"It was getting to the stage where I started to question if it was all in my head. When you're going continuously [to the doctors] but you're told there's nothing wrong with you, it gets really frustrating. My mind never went to cancer for one second. For weeks I'd been told that I just had a stomach bug but then I was hearing the big C. At 25 years old it was quite worrying. It's a bit crazy because when people say that your life can literally turn upside down within a day, or hours, you never think it's going to be you.
Harper-Ellen, 6, with her mum Chloe (Image:
Kennedy News and Media) Chloe is now in remission (Image:
Kennedy News and Media)"I just couldn't understand how for so long, it could be dismissed as a stomach bug and how only the week before I was told that I needed a scan but they were too busy. I was told that if I didn't have the surgery, I would have had 12 hours to live because my kidney and my liver were failing. Waking up in recovery, I remember feeling my stomach and feeling the bag. It just felt like had crumbled around me."
In June, Chloe finished her final round of chemotherapy and a month later she was told that she was in remission. However, she says she feels 'frustrated' and 'let down' that the cancer had been missed by doctors for so long. She said: "That was great news. I felt over the moon. I was so glad it [the cancer] was gone, but at the same time there was a 'what if?' in the back of my head. I was thinking 'what if they missed something or what if it's not gone?' but I guess that's just the mistrust I had from the first time round. "I felt let down by them [the doctors] and very saddened by it all. It was frustrating and it was quite an upsetting feeling. I'd always had so much trust when I'd been to the hospital or doctors before. I felt very let down by them all."
The mum-of-one is now urging anyone else who is experiencing symptoms to visit their GP - regardless of their age. The NHS say main symptoms of bowel cancer include persistent blood in the stools, a persistent change in bowel habits, persistent lower abdominal (tummy) pain, bloating or discomfort. Chloe said: "You always think you're too young at 25 because it's typically a cancer that affects older people. I didn't have the 'typical' symptoms for bowel cancer. I'd just like to remind everyone to not be ashamed to go to their GP about any symptoms they may be having, no matter your age. It can affect anyone."
Steve Taylor, chief officer at The Royal Oldham Hospital, said: "We are unable to comment on individual cases due to patient confidentiality. We always encourage anyone who has questions or concerns relating to their care or treatment with us to contact our Patient Advice and Liaison Service so any issues can be looked into."
