Woman who thought rapid weight loss was due to stress diagnosed with cancer

17.11.2022 - 02:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk

A woman who believed that her rapid weight loss was due to stress was devastated after doctors revealed she was suffering from cancer.

Ann Coates, 48, from Devon, was initially praised by friends and asked 'the secret' behind her weight loss that had seen her drop from 134kg in January to 102kg when she was finally admitted to hospital in September. Believing the loss had been due to stress, she was shocked when doctors told her she was suffering from cancer in both her uterus and the back wall of her uterus

“At first everyone complimented me and told me to share my secret,” Ann told Manchester Evening News.

“I didn’t realise how much I had lost until my clothes were so loose. I lost 40 kilograms from January up to September, not knowing that it’s because I’m actually really sick. I wasn’t trying to lose weight, it just happened. I put it down to stress.”

Ann discovered her diagnosis in September after a series of bladder infections resulted in her being taken to A&E at Exeter Hospital. “I kept on having bladder infections and once we got stuck in traffic on the M5 and I couldn’t go to the bathroom for three hours – I was in so much pain,” she said.

“My hubby took me to A&E in Exeter and they ran some tests and immediately said it’s cancer, which was a big shock. You go into hospital thinking it’s just a bad infection and they do scans, take blood and do a biopsy to come back and say it’s stage two or three uterus cancer and stage four cancer in the back wall of my uterus.

“It’s a shock to your system. You think you’re fine and have to tell yourself you’re really not.”

Anne is remaining positive about the chances of the chemotherapy beating the cancer but says that the tumours are having a physical impact on her everyday