Fit and healthy man, 28, gave up on GP before shock diagnosis

A fit and healthy man has described how he gave up trying to get help from his GP just months before being given a shock diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Dan Godley first start experiencing symptoms in July 2020, Cheshire Live reports. The 28-year-old suffered from tightness in his abdomen and was sent for an ultrasound to investigate through his employer's private medical care.

Nothing showed up on the scan and Dan, from Cheshire, changed jobs. The following May, in 2021, his symptoms began to worsen.

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He went to see his GP and was referred for blood tests but all of them came back negative. Dan was informed of the results by text.

Despite the negative results, his symptoms were worsening. That text ended the line of communication with his doctor about the issue, so each time he rang his GP he would have to explain all over again.

Dan said this was incredibly disheartening, and he gave up trying. In October 2021, his symptoms became unbearable.

He said he experienced abdominal pain that was so intense that he was struggling to breathe. He went to A&E and underwent many procedures, including a PET scan, but it took several weeks until he was told he had a tumour on his pancreas.

Dan said the diagnosis was a shock to everyone, as he was previously fit and healthy. He said: "The diagnosis of pancreatic cancer was such a shock to everyone.

"Particularly because of my age and my good health. The cyst growing on my pancreas had got so large that it blocked the bile duct off, resulting in jaundice.

"Without the cyst growing to