Pregnant lady’s suspected chest an infection turned out to be ‘horrific’ illness
When mum-to-be Hannah Williams started struggling to climb stairs it was thought she had a chest an infection.
The common gym-goer, who doesn’t smoke, mentioned she was left unable to breathe by the easy exercise.
But simply months after studying she was pregnant the 29-year-old was given the devastating news she truly had stage three cancer.
Hannah initially went to Liverpool A&E after experiencing “minor” chest ache the place she underwent an X-ray and was instructed she had pneumonia.
The eyelash technician and enterprise proprietor instructed the Liverpool Echo:”I was really struggling to breathe just doing general daily tasks.
“As I reside in a high ground residence, I might barely get midway up the steps.
“I went to my GP, he listened to my chest, and said chest infection.
“Two days later I went to the walk-in centre, who prescribed me a blue inhaler and five days of Amoxicillin. After a further three days I was back in A&E.
“I had another chest X-ray – again, pneumonia.
“After waiting over 15 hours, pregnant, with no food or drink and no sleep for 30 hours, I did discharge myself as I was exhausted.”
After returning house she had some missed calls and voicemail messages asking her to return to hospital for remedy.
“Eventually I had a CT scan, which confirmed a mass on my left lung which had grown so much in three weeks they knew it was serious,” Hannah mentioned.
She underwent a process to take away greater than 4.5 litres of fluid from her left lung via a tube, which stays in her chest.
Hannah was given the choice to terminate her being pregnant as a result of potential uncomfortable side effects of chemotherapy.
Hannah mentioned: “I’m a positive person, and I believe everything does happen for a reason.
“I’m sturdy sufficient, younger sufficient and match sufficient to combat this. With being pregnant, it makes all the things escalate faster.
“But it was never an option for me to terminate my baby. Regardless of the outcome, all I know is I tried my hardest and I never took the possible easy way out.”
Her daughter is due in December, with Hannah set to call her Nova.
She added: “It’s my decision to go ahead as far as I can go with my pregnancy. I’m hoping and praying I can get her far enough to give her a fighting chance.”
Due to her being pregnant Hannah is restricted when it comes to painkillers she will take, leaving her in “excruciating pain” at instances.
“The only pain relief I am taking is paracetamol,” she commented.
While she is present process remedy on the Clatterbridge Cancer Centre her pal Natalie Myles has arrange an online fundraiser to assist help her.
Hannah added: “Nothing makes sense to me right now. In the space of four weeks, my whole world has been turned upside down. My friends have been my rock.
“I actually might by no means ever thank them for what they’ve finished. The fundraiser was to lift money for my outgoings.
“There was a lot of pressure on me the day after chemotherapy as my rent was six days late, so my friends took it upon themselves to set a go fund me page up. I cannot believe the amount of support and generosity from people. I am so overwhelmed.
“When I’m higher, I need to go into nursing and assist as many individuals as I probably can. After being between Clatterbridge and ICU, I cannot fault one nurse.”
The commonest signs of lung most cancers embrace:
- A cough that doesn’t go away after three weeks
- An extended-standing cough that will get worse
- Chest infections that hold coming again
- Coughing up blood
- An ache or ache when respiratory or coughing
- Persistent breathlessness
- Persistent tiredness or lack of vitality
- Loss of urge for food or unexplained weight reduction.
If you expertise signs you must converse to your GP.