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Twenty-one doctors ignored my cancer symptoms and made me feel like I was going mad. When someone finally listened, I was weeks from death

Twenty-one doctors ignored my cancer symptoms and made me feel like I was going mad. When someone finally listened, I was weeks from death

'Some doctors were vague, others tried to get me out of the door with antibiotics, another asked for blood tests but said there was nothing unusual. I was basically being told I was a hypochondriac.'

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