'IT FELT LIKE THEY JUST DIDN'T CARE'

30-year-old says she feels forgotten by medics after severe pain and sepsis ordeal

- LUCY JOHN Reporter [e-mail]

A YOUNG woman claims she has been failed by medics who found a large “suspicious” mass inside her and then left her with no answers for more than a year.

Tyanne Goodman said she has never been told what the growth was and she had to beg doctors for a scan in the first place after weeks of excruciating pain.

But before the results came through, the 30-year-old, from Crumlin, found herself fighting for her life in hospital with sepsis, when she was first informed of the mass.

Tyanne said she was told she would need urgent surgery to determine its cause and to rule out the likes of cancer. However, that was more than a year ago.

After obtaining her medical notes, Tyanne believes she likely suffered an undiagnosed cyst which burst and led to sepsis.

However, nobody has confirmed it and she continues to live in fear of what could be going on inside her body.

The notes, seen by Wales on Sunday, also reveal a doctor refused to help Tyanne while she was seriously unwell.

She described her care as “barbaric”, while the health board has apologised for the impact of her experience.

Tyanne said her experience of feeling dismissed by medics had left her in such a dark place mentally that she had been suicidal, with her family having to watch over her.

She hopes sharing her story will highlight the importance of taking women’s health seriously, and will encourage others to advocate for themselves.

“It has destroyed me as a person. I'm not the same person I was before,” she said.

“I just want young women to know that they have a voice and that they should use it, because these people who are supposed to be keeping us safe aren't doing it.”

Tyanne said she lived with painful and irregular periods since her teenage years, and was told it “looked like” polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).