Health
Doctors missed dad-of-two’s stage four bowel cancer ‘because he was only 38’ – Hull Live
Mark Newberry was originally told he had a stomach ulcer or colic before being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer and being rushed for an operation
A dad-of-two who was first told he had a stomach ulcer or colic turned out to have stage four bowel cancer.
Mark Newberry says he was told by a GP that the cancer was initially missed because he was “only 38”, despite his grandfather having died from it, reports the Mirror.
In the days leading up to his diagnosis, Mark visited an out of hours service and his GP twice and cancer was never even considered.
He said: “I had been having irregular bowel movements for a few months but didnt think mu…
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