Mum-of-three given just weeks to live after heartbreaking diagnosis

Sharon Bennet, 49, from Crewe antecedently fought bosom crab and has present discovered she has different much assertive signifier of the illness which has fixed her weeks to live

A mum-of-three is facing her last weeks aft being told a crab diagnosis which has near her household shattered.

Sharon Bennett, 49, of Crewe, Cheshire, was dealt the crushing stroke of bosom crab past November. After enduring chemotherapy and country 8 weeks ago, Sharon's anticipation for betterment was dashed by different discovery. She had visited A&E with headaches and a CT scan showed she had an precocious crab known arsenic leptomeningeal cancer.

The uncommon and assertive signifier of crab targets the delicate tissues enveloping the encephalon and spinal cord. Doctors accidental she present has lone a fewer weeks to live.

Natasha Austin, from Nantwich, has started a fundraising page for Sharon, who is besides parent to 20-year-old Caley and seven-year-old Maya, to enactment the children erstwhile she is nary longer around. Eldest girl Natasha, 31, told CheshireLive: "It has been perfectly devastating. It's going to beryllium hard erstwhile she's not here.

"She was expected to conscionable hold for the country to heal and past acquisition radiotherapy to marque definite determination were nary rogue crab cells.

"Unfortunately, she ended up successful A&E 3 weeks agone with terrible headaches, and they did a CT scan which showed leptomeningeal cancer.

"Cayley volition go Maya’s ineligible guardian, and she’s not moving astatine the moment. She had to discontinue her occupation arsenic a carer erstwhile my mum became truly poorly from chemotherapy.”

In mentation for the unbearable roadworthy ahead, Natasha, residing successful Nantwich, has taken proactive steps to guarantee the aboriginal attraction of Sharons children Caley, aged 20, and Maya, seven. She has initiated a fundraising inaugural for her terminally sick mother.

Natasha added: "I privation to marque definite Cayley and Maya are looked after."