Mum who thought she picked up a tummy bug from nursery kids told she has 12 hours to live after she turned yellow

A MUM thought she’d caught a tummy bug from snotty kids – until doctors told her she was "12 hours from death".

Chloe Wakelin says she visited her GP play for 2 months to kick of persistent tummy ache, tiredness and low appetite.

The disquieted 26-year-old was reportedly told it was "probably conscionable a viral tummy bug" aft tests for Crohn's disease and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) came backmost negative.

"I was moving successful a nursery and I was astir children each the time, truthful I conscionable thought if it was a tummy bug I'd picked it up from the children," the mum-of-one from Manchester, explained.

"I person a small miss myself, truthful possibly she'd brought it location from school."

But arsenic her information worsened, Chloe knew it was much than conscionable a bug.

In precocious 2023, the mum reported terrible bloating to her doctors, but she claims they had her instrumentality aggregate pregnancy tests.

Her symptoms worsened, arsenic she struggled to support nutrient down and began vomiting "vomit that looked similar tar."

In December, much tests raised concern, but Chloe says The Royal Oldham Hospital was excessively engaged to behaviour a scan.

While doctors suggested she mightiness person had the stomach virus gastroenteritis, caller humor tests came backmost clear.

She was told to be A&E lone if her symptoms worsened.

"It was getting to the signifier wherever I started to question if it was each successful my head."

By January 2024, Chloe’s tegument was "turning yellow" and she rushed to A&E.

Scans revealed a ample wide successful her colon.

"I was told that if I didn't person the surgery, I would person had 12 hours to unrecorded due to the fact that my kidney and my liver were failing."

After a seven-and-a-half-hour surgery, Chloe woke up with a stoma bag and was diagnosed with stage-three colon cancer.

She said: "Waking up successful recovery, I retrieve feeling my tummy and feeling the bag.

"It conscionable felt similar everything had crumbled astir me."

Despite the grim news, Chloe is present successful remission aft 4 rounds of chemotherapy.

Reflecting connected her months of misdiagnosis, Chloe said: "My caput ne'er went to crab for 1 second.

"For weeks I'd been told that I conscionable had a tummy bug but past I was proceeding the large C.

"At 25 years old, it was rather worrying. I felt fto down by them [the doctors] and precise saddened by it all."

She added: "I was successful tears to my mum and my auntie connected the phone.

"I conscionable couldn't recognize however for truthful long, it could beryllium dismissed arsenic a tummy bug and however lone the week earlier I was told that I needed a scan but they were excessively busy."

'It tin impact anyone'

Now cancer-free, Chloe is anxious to rise consciousness astir the symptoms of bowel cancer, urging others to sojourn their GP, nary substance their age.

The NHS accidental main symptoms of bowel crab see persistent humor successful the stools, a persistent alteration successful bowel habits, persistent little abdominal (tummy) pain, bloating oregon discomfort.

"I’d conscionable similar to punctual everyone to not beryllium ashamed to spell to their GP astir immoderate symptoms they whitethorn beryllium having, nary substance your age.

"It tin impact anyone."

As for the doctors who missed her cancer, Chloe added: "It was frustrating and it was rather an upsetting feeling. I felt precise fto down by them all."

Steve Taylor, main serviceman astatine The Royal Oldham Hospital, said: "We are incapable to remark connected idiosyncratic cases owed to diligent confidentiality.

"We ever promote anyone who has questions oregon concerns relating to their attraction oregon attraction with america to interaction our Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) truthful immoderate issues tin beryllium looked into."

Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership person been contacted for comment.

Chloe's warning comes scientists revealed England has 1 of the world's fasted rising rates of bowel crab successful under-50s.

In the survey by the American Cancer Society, it was the 4th fastest emergence recorded, with an summation of 3.6 per cent per year, betwixt the years 2007 and 2017.

The emergence was 4 per cent in New Zealand and Chile, and 3.8 per cent successful Puerto Rico.