Rhian Butlin (32) suffered from unbearable abdominal pain and sought medical help last September. After the examination of her diagnosed Polycystic ovarian syndrome, he says. The agony persisted and two months later ended up in the hospital. The nurse’s belly swollen so much that she looked like in the ninth month of pregnancy.
After hospitalization, the doctor found a large tumor on one of the ovaries, which he decided to remove urgently. Rhian underwent complete hysterectomy in December 2024 (complete surgical removal of the uterus). After her also removed the appendix and part of the intestinebecause they showed signs of swelling.
The operation and recovery were extremely difficult. Rhian suffered from a accumulation of fluids, sepsis and one moment got into a medical -induced coma. “They told us she wouldn’t survive the night,” her older sister Lindsey explained.
The mother of two children during the main procedure did a biopsy of all three organs. However, when the results returned, there was no cancer in any part of the body. Doctors believed to have endometriosis that can ever imitate cancer in the images. Despite the initial good news, the symptoms soon returned.
The doctor again looked at her health records and found that the cancer was actually in blind intestine. Oncological disease has managed to spread to the pelvis and lymph nodes. Cancer is at the 4th stage, ie incurable. The doctors later apologized for the mistake, but it was too late.
“They removed my ovaries when I didn’t have cancer. They gave me the lining of the intestine when I didn’t have the cancer of the intestine. They also removed the appendix, but they found cancer there only after months, ” An angry woman who started a three -month intensive chemotherapy. “If they came to it earlier, then we wouldn’t be in the position we are now,” said the broken Rhian.
