A young mum who was told she was experiencing ‘pregnancy constipation’ before later being diagnosed with cancer said a cheap screening test kit saved her life.
When primary school teacher Emma Campbell, 39, began experiencing spasm-like contractions whilst carrying her youngest child three years ago, she was told it was just part of her pregnancy.
But when the pain didn’t ease off in the months following her pregnancy, Emma decided to purchase a £39 bowel screening test she’d seen on Facebook. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community “It 100% saved my life as it showed something wasn’t right,” Emma told the Mirror.
After a colonoscopy, Emma, who lives with husband Kari, 38, and kids Jensen, 10, Finlay, seven, and three-year-old Krista in Newcastle, was told she had cancer. “It was the worst week of my life,” she said.