Mum was told her symptoms were 'nothing to worry about' - but was dead seven weeks later

Catherine Vaughan, 49, was told by doctors that her tummy pains were thing to interest about, but died conscionable 7 weeks aboriginal aft being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer

A household was deed by calamity erstwhile a mum, who was told her symptom was "nothing to interest about", died from pancreatic cancer conscionable 7 weeks later.

Catherine Vaughan, 49, had mislaid implicit 5 stone, had nary appetite and was "abnormally" vomiting erstwhile she was diagnosed with coeliac disease. Her daughter, Jade Acton, 30, from Walton, Merseyside, said her mum began experiencing tummy pains, which they initially attributed to the grief of losing Jade's dad.

She said: "They were ne'er assertive pains but they were ever there, she besides mislaid a batch of weight. But successful betwixt each of this my dada passed away. She added: "She went to the doctors astir the pains and value loss, they took her bloods and she was told she had benignant 2 diabetes.

"We enactment her connected a fare and started giving her the close foods but thing changed. We were told it was thing to interest astir and conscionable to beryllium cautious of the pancreas and things similar that.

"We felt reassured knowing it was conscionable coeliac and determination was thing to interest about. We altered her fare and thought things would beryllium OK but the value continued to driblet disconnected her. At this constituent she had mislaid astir 5 stone."

Jade revealed her mum was becoming "more and much ill," and said she knew "something wasn't right, reports the LiverpoolEcho. Jade said: "We went backmost to the doctors and they sent her for a scan, she said to maine 'I consciousness similar something's wrong. ' I reassured her that it was conscionable coeliac and that we tin unrecorded with that."

However, the scans tragically revealed that Catherine was suffering from pancreatic cancer. Jade recalled. "We got the results implicit the phone, I retrieve the dependable connected the telephone saying 'you've got pancreatic cancer. 'My bosom conscionable shattered, I couldn't breathe, I couldn't judge it.

"I felt similar I was successful a atrocious nightmare, similar it was real. This is my 49 twelvemonth aged mum who present each of a abrupt has pancreatic cancer. I was successful disbelief, it was horrendous. I knew it was the fig 1 killer."

After the shocking diagnosis, Jade revealed her mum "wasn't eating" and "lost each of her appetite." She described: "Her tummy had swollen, she looked nine-month-pregnant.

She had deteriorated, she couldn't speak. She was a container of bones. She was successful infirmary for 2 weeks and we got a telephone telephone to spell successful and she died, conscionable 7 weeks aft her diagnosis. "It was perfectly horrendous, the astir horrible happening I've ever had to spell done successful my life.

It was a atrocious nightmare, having to ticker my mum endure similar that is the astir achy happening I could ever spell through. "Jade said her mum being "one of a kind," she expressed: "She was the airy of everyone's life, she was the glue to the household and the centre of everyone's world.

She was a blessed spell fortunate person, who was loved by everyone. "She lone had to locomotion into the country and she would marque everyone's day. She made everyone happy, she was the champion mum and nan to my 2 children."