Woman gets horror diagnosis after pharmacist recognises eerie set of symptoms

Natalie Forrest, from South Lanarkshire, was recovered to person leukaemia aft going to a chemist wherever a pharmacist recommended she went backmost to her GP instantly owed to 3 symptoms

A nursery teacher was diagnosed with leukaemia aft a pharmacist spotted her symptoms having besides had the cancer.

Natalie Forrest, 40, went to cod antibiotics from her section chemist successful Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, connected September 26 aft suffering from a sore throat, precocious somesthesia and urine corruption for a week.

The pharmacist connected shift, who had herself antecedently had leukaemia, urged Natalie to spell backmost to her GP instantly to beryllium tested and study her symptoms.

Natalie's doc sent her to University Hospital Wishaw wherever tests recovered she had abnormal humor cells. Then 5 days aboriginal she was admitted to Monklands Hospital wherever a bony marrow trial confirmed a daze humor crab diagnosis.

Her member John, 38, said Natalie was started connected an assertive chemotherapy attraction program 2 weeks aft being diagnosed.

"We volition beryllium eternally grateful to the pharmacist who helped prevention Natalie's life. She was fixed chemotherapy 3 times a week for 10 consecutive days," helium told the Daily Record.

"The program was for her to get 3 rounds earlier the specialists could determine if she needed a stem compartment transplant. She was responding good to the attraction and we were hoping to physique up her wellness and bring her location earlier she started different round."

But past connected November 1, Natalie collapsed doubly and began passing and vomiting ample amounts of blood. She was fixed aggregate humor transfusions successful a bid to support her alive. Medics discovered a blockage successful her tiny bowel but country was considered excessively risky and the lone harmless attraction was to render her nil by mouth.

The childcare worker's wellness yet stabilised and her household were told her archetypal circular of chemotherapy had been a occurrence but 1 week aboriginal her wellness took a crook for the worst and Natalie went into cardiac apprehension 7 times implicit the people of 1 day.

John continued: "Natalie's breathing abruptly changed arsenic she was getting acceptable to slumber and she suffered 7 cardiac arrests implicit 28 hours. She was placed connected beingness enactment successful ICU and we were told to hole for the worst. They gave her 48 hours to spot if she could survive.

"Somehow Natalie pulled through. We were allowed to bring her canine Nico into intensive care, and she concisely opened her eyes for the archetypal time. The adjacent time she woke up and is present going from spot to strength. We anticipation she volition beryllium location for Christmas and we tin resume her chemotherapy to combat this disease."

The household are facing a immense fiscal conflict arsenic Natalie is incapable to enactment and her mum Anne, 65, and member John person some had to instrumentality unpaid permission to beryllium by her infirmary beside. A household person has since launched a fundraiser to assistance the household with their bills.