Paul Heckingbottom says that Sheffield United had to work with Manchester City youngster James McAtee on the defensive side of his game to complement the talent he has at his disposal in the final third.
22.04.2023 - 19:55 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Salford mum who was diagnosed with cancer at 32 despite being told a lump in her breast was ‘nothing to worry about’ has urged people to seek a second opinion if they feel that something isn't right.
Karli Durrant, from Swinton, was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer during the lockdown after having an intuition that something wasn’t quite right with her body. Over the months that followed, she underwent gruelling operations, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Karli first visited her GP in February 2021 after discovering a lump in her breast. “I went to my GP and he said he wasn’t concerned,” mum-of-one Karli, now 34, told the M.E.N. “At the time, I was in the best possible health I could have been in.
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“Because of the lockdown, I was exercising every day and keeping really fit. My doctor told me I was in great health, I was young, I had no family history of cancer and the lump was mobile so he wasn’t worried, but would still refer me for a screening just to be sure.”
When Karli, who works in child services, found out there would be a six-week wait time for an appointment, she said her anxiety got the best of her and she booked herself in with a private doctor just to get some clarity.
“The doctor who examined me there said they weren’t concerned either, but said I could have a scan if I didn’t want to wait for my NHS appointment,” she explained. “Just to rule it out, I decided to have the scan and pay the money to find out.
“As soon as they scanned the lump, I could see on their faces there and then it was breast cancer. He went from being joyous to sternly asking me ‘how long have you had this?’”
The doctor, who Karli described as ‘amazing and
Paul Heckingbottom says that Sheffield United had to work with Manchester City youngster James McAtee on the defensive side of his game to complement the talent he has at his disposal in the final third.
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