UK Woman Mistook Symptoms for food Poisoning, Later Lost 13 Organs to Rare Cancer

A woman in the UK had 13 of her internal organs surgically removed after being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer.

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Despite facing life-altering medical challenges, she has committed to living her life to the fullest, the People reported. Rebecca Hind, 39, from Cumbria in northwest England, first began feeling unwell after an office Christmas party in late 2018. Initially believing she had food poisoning, her symptoms persisted for weeks. After undergoing multiple tests, she was diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP), a rare mucin-producing cancer that affects just one in a million people, according to medical experts. By the time doctors detected the disease, it had spread extensively through her abdominal cavity, requiri