A 24-year-old woman who was misdiagnosed with stress by doctors says she won’t be able to be a mum after it turned out she actually had stage four cancer. Mollie Mulheron had been “living her best life” in the Galapagos Islands but had been experiencing symptoms so returned to the UK.
She’d had such difficulty breathing that she almost drowned while snorkelling, but doctors had told her that the issues were “in her head”.
When she returned to the UK she collapsed in a supermarket and was rushed to hospital.
There the doctors found she has a 15cm tumour over her heart and lungs.
Now, she has been diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkins lymphoma and says she still cannot comprehend what has happened.
Ms Mulheron said: “That was the worst news of my life, I can’t even explain how it felt now.
“I just cried and screamed and screamed – it was out of nowhere, I knew something was wrong but I didn’t think it was that wrong.
“I’m waiting to hear how much it’s spread. It doesn’t mean I’m going to die tomorrow but it means treatment needs to start now.
“They’ve given me an injection to try and preserve my fertility so kids aren’t out the question – it’s put me in early menopause, it’s the worst part for me as I always wanted to be a mum.”
