Health
Mum’s COVID-hit cancer nightmare – Daily Mercury
A mum woke up in intensive care to find several reproductive organs had been removed after doctors made a startling cancer discovery.
Geelong mum Masayo Hobday’s world was turned upside down when she discovered she had bowel cancer, while coronavirus border closures separated her from her husband.
Doctors later found the stage four cancer had spread to several other organs and she underwent a hysterectomy.
Mrs Hobday, 49, of Geelong West, now faces months of gruelling chemotherapy and an unknown future.
She first began experiencing symptoms, including blood in her stools, around March this year.
A GP referred Mrs Hobday to a specialist,…
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