Young Mum Given 12 Months to Live After Doctors Missed Cancer Signs

Georgia Gardiner thought she just had bad heartburn when she started getting sick last summer. The 28-year-old from Leeds was given acid reflux tablets by her GP and sent home, but her health kept getting worse. Over the next few months, she lost nearly three stone because she couldn’t keep food down.

Despite visiting her doctor and hospital up to nine times, Georgia says she was repeatedly told it was just acid reflux. “I love food, I’m a massive foodie,” she said. “But my body was just rejecting everything.” The pain in her stomach became so sharp and constant that she knew something was seriously wrong, reported the Mirror.

After months of pushing for answers, she was finally sent for an endoscopy—and the results were devastating. Doctors found linitis plastica, a rare and aggressive stomach cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes and other organs. The worst part? They told her it was incurable and she might only have a year left.

“I didn’t speak or leave the house for three days,” Georgia admitted. “My whole world just crumbled around me.” What makes it even harder is that this type of cancer usually affects people in their 70s and 80s—not young, healthy mums like her. “I was fit and healthy,” she said. “It’s just baffling.”

Now, Georgia is determined to fight the disease while making as many memories as possible with her two-year-old son, Arlo. She and her fiancé Callum have even brought forward their wedding plans because they don’t know how much time she has left. “The thing that breaks me is how much I’m going to miss out on in Arlo’s life,” she said. “He’s everything to me.”

Georgia can’t help but feel angry that her symptoms weren’t taken seriously sooner. “If I’d been taken seriously and they’d caught it before it had spread, maybe we could’ve done more,” she said. “This kind of cancer goes from stage one to four in a matter of months.”

Her message to others? “Push for answers and don’t stop. If my story helps even one person get diagnosed earlier, then at least I know I’ve helped somebody.”

A fundraiser has been set up to help Georgia access treatment and create precious moments with her family while she still can.

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