'Docs told me I was too young to have cancer'

MILLIE, 23, SAW GP 13 TIMES BEFORE HER WORST FEARS WERE CONFIRMED

- ANNABAL BAGDI News Reporter

Doctors told Milli Tanner she probably had piles, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or period problems when in fact she had a potentially deadly tumour

A MIDLANDS woman who saw her GP 13 times and was repeatedly told she was too young to have cancer has been diagnosed with the disease.

Milli Tanner went to see her doctor after suffering with stomach pains, lower back pain and blood in her stool.

Medics said she probably had piles, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or period problems.

They even suggested she had 'too much to drink' after a night out and was working long shifts.

But the 23-year-old actually had a potentially deadly tumour and has since been diagnosed with bowel cancer.

Ms Tanner, of Evesham, Worcestershire, said: “They said that maybe I'd had a night out, had too much to drink, and that was irritating my stomach. But the bleeding carried on, as well as the abdominal pain... it was continuous.

“There were discussions at the GP, such as could it be my periods? Could it be this, could it be that?

“And I said ‘no, usually with a period, it’s maybe you have a week every month with a bit of abdominal pain, and you obviously bleed, and that’s that, but you don’t tend to lose blood through your back passage’