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A young mother has died from cancer conscionable weeks aft mistakenly believing she was pregnant.
Fiona Gallacher, from Holytown successful North Lanarkshire, suffered from terrible tummy ache, bloating and vomiting for 2 months.
After a gestation trial came backmost antagonistic successful January, nan 33-year-old visited A&E.
Test results days later revealed she was suffering with stage-four adenocarcinoma, an fierce crab of nan glands that secrete mucus.
Doctors primitively gave her betwixt six months and a twelvemonth to unrecorded erstwhile Ms Gallacher was diagnosed successful January.
Fiona Gallacher, from Holytown successful North Lanarkshire, suffered from terrible tummy ache, bloating and vomiting for 2 months. After a gestation trial came backmost antagonistic successful January, nan 33-year-old visited A&E
Test results days later revealed she was suffering pinch stage-four adenocarcinoma, an fierce crab of nan glands that secrete mucus. Doctors primitively gave her betwixt six months and a twelvemonth to unrecorded erstwhile Ms Gallacher was diagnosed successful January. Pictured, Fiona, left, pinch sister Kellyann
She died conscionable 11 weeks later, connected March 22.
Her family and friends are now urging group to get their wellness checked and not to disregard immoderate worrying symptoms.
Her heartbroken sister Kellyann told nan Daily Record: 'Fiona started experiencing terrible tummy pains but put it down to conscionable emotion unwell.
'Her tummy abruptly swelled retired and she couldn't support thing down, she initially thought she was pregnant because of nan measurement she was feeling.
'She was truthful swollen it did look arsenic though she mightiness beryllium pregnant.'
The 37-year-old added: 'Days later, we were told she was suffering from crab and that she didn't person agelong left. It was specified a daze for america all, it didn't consciousness real.'
Adenocarcinoma, nicknamed nan 'cancer of nan cavities', is often only discovered during tests aliases treatments for different conditions.
It accounts for astir 90 per cent of each kidney and bowel cancers, 85 per cent of lung and a 4th of each cervical cancers, according to nan Cancer Council, an Australian proposal page.
It is besides responsible for astir cancers of nan breast, prostate and stomach.
Because nan crab tin hap successful respective areas of nan body, location is nary azygous database of symptoms of nan illness and will dangle connected nan organ affected.
Some patients whitethorn not besides acquisition immoderate signs until nan crab is much advanced.
Adenocarcinoma, nicknamed nan 'cancer of nan cavities', is often only discovered during tests aliases treatments for different conditions. It accounts for astir 90 per cent of each kidney and bowel cancers, 85 per cent of lung and a 4th of each cervical cancers, according to nan Cancer Council, an Australian proposal page
Ms Gallacher's family has been near successful daze by her abrupt death. Her different sister Sarahann moving into nan family location to look aft her kids — 16-year-old Graham Hastie, Kevin Hastie, 15, Emmaleigh Goldie, seven, and three-year-old Charlie-May Mcfarlane. Pictured, Fiona, acold right
Depending connected wherever nan tumor is and really ample it is, curen options tin see surgical remove, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and immunotherapy.
Ms Gallacher's family has been near successful daze by her abrupt death.
Her different sister Sarahann moving into nan family location to look aft her kids — 16-year-old Graham Hastie, Kevin Hastie, 15, Emmaleigh Goldie, seven, and three-year-old Charlie-May Mcfarlane.
A GoFundMe page has besides been started successful representation of nan mother, to thief screen nan costs of her funeral. It has raised almost £2,000 successful conscionable 3 days.
Ms Gallacher said: 'Fiona said that connected nan time of her funeral, she wants each of nan kids to spell and do thing nosy erstwhile they opportunity their last goodbyes.'
Her family and friends are urging group to get regular wellness cheque ups and not to disregard symptoms, successful ray of really abruptly Fiona's wellness deteriorated.
Ms Gallacher added: 'We each play down our symptoms and ever deliberation it will ne'er beryllium you, but it isn't worthy taking that chance.
'I would impulse anyone experiencing abnormal tummy pains not to deliberation doubly astir getting it checked out.
'Don't time off it until nan past infinitesimal — get it checked by your GP arsenic soon arsenic you perchance can.'
