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Woman who 'ignored' tell-tale cancer symptoms for months shares update

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Published 13:50 4 Jan 2024 GMT

Woman who 'ignored' tell-tale cancer symptoms for months shares update

Following her ovarian cancer diagnosis - after months of ignoring her symptoms - Chloe Etheridge shared a health update

Rhianna Benson

Rhianna Benson

A young woman who 'ignored' symptoms of cancer has shared a health update on her social media.

Graduate Chloe Etheridge, 24, had been experiencing symptoms for several months back in December 2021.

She'd been experiencing severe bloating, stomach pain and difficulty eating before she finally sought the attention of medics.

By this point, her symptoms had reached such a level that she was forced to visit A&E where she was given an immediate ultrasound, only to discover that she had tumours all over her ovaries.

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Her delayed decision to see a doctor, however, meant that she wasn't given an official diagnosis for ovarian cancer until seven months later, in July 2022.

"I ignored all of [the symptoms] - which wasn't the right thing to do," she said.

"In April, I had really bad stomach pain so I had to go to A&E and I found out I had tumours on my ovaries.

"One was 18cm long and one was 11cm long.

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Chloe started chemotherapy as soon as she was diagnosed.
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"Between April and July, we knew there was something wrong with me, but we didn't know exactly what my diagnosis was which took three months."

Chloe said that treatment was immediate upon her diagnosis and she had to begin chemotherapy the very next day.

"I was relieved to finally get a diagnosis," she said. "The waiting was horrible and knowing all the time it is growing bigger I wanted to get started on the treatment.

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"I thought it would be a really cinematic moment where you go to the doctor with your mum and cry - but it was nothing like that.

"You go into action mode. I had to get on, it was a busy time, and I felt numb thinking, 'Right we need to get on with this'."

Chloe described her treatment as 'incredibly brutal' - with her chemotherapy having 'seven different chemical components'.

Chloe has since shared an update on her health.
Instagram/@ovathrow_cancer

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"The doctor said it was one of the most aggressive forms of chemo they could prescribe and it is only available at two hospitals in the UK." she said.

Adding: "The side effects were horrendous, I had nausea, fatigue, hearing loss - I still can't hear some frequencies now."

Thankfully, however, with this treatment and surgery to remove the tumours, which went 'really well', she is officially on the mend.

And sharing a health update with her social media followers in September 2023, Chloe showed off her newly-grown pixie cut and bushy brows after losing her hair following chemotherapy.

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Chloe showed off her newly-grown hair and eyebrows.
Instagram/@ovathrow_cancer

"MUCH much hairy," she wrote in the caption.

And Chloe's recent post has since gained her a huge congratulations from her thousands of followers.

"Looking gorg!!!" one fan gushed, as another penned, "I bet you missed those lashes [heart-eye emoji]".

A third dubbed her: "Fabulous!"

And a fourth said: "BEAUTIFUL."

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@ovathrow_cancer

Topics: Health

Rhianna Benson
Rhianna Benson

Rhianna is an Entertainment Journalist at LADbible Group, working across LADbible, UNILAD and Tyla. She has a Masters in News Journalism from the University of Salford and a Masters in Ancient History from the University of Edinburgh. She previously worked as a Celebrity Reporter for OK! and New Magazines, and as a TV Writer for Reach PLC.

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