Sarah Waters was given a 'double whammy' of bad news after her smear was postponed
Sarah Waters' smear test was postponed back in 2020 due to the pandemic but on April 1 this year, she managed to get an appointment and attended the routine cervical screening. Assuming "everything was normal", she jetted off to Spain for a holiday before returning home to "urgent letters", the Liverpool Echo reports.
Having recently undergone a full hysterectomy, Sarah was waiting to hear if she needs chemotherapy treatment. Unfortunately, doctors found the cancer was "more aggressive" than they thought and it had started to spread. Now, her cancer is at stage 3 as she reinforces the importance of having a cervical screening.
"It is exactly one month since having major surgery and starting this difficult journey of ‘beating cancer’. I had a radical hysterectomy and lymph nodes removed. Unfortunately, they discovered the cancer was more aggressive than they thought and noticed it had started to spread. "I know I’ve got many appointments, needles and scans coming my way and I’m hoping that before we know it, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. Lots of love."
Susan told the ECHO: "I’d advise anyone to share the symptoms to all the women they know. I used to refer Sarah for back massages, she had lower back pain for two years and that was one of the biggest symptoms, there are lots of people who have back problems, but this was a big symptom at the time, we didn’t know.