'Food poisoning saved my life'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukRailway worker Terry Berry breathed a sigh of relief after being admitted to hospital with serious stomach pain - as medics told him they he had a nasty bout of food poisoning.
But a matter of weeks later, he was sat in front of another doctor being told he had a rare, terminal cancer that might have never been spotted had it not been for his wife’s dodgy fish pie.
Aged just 58 in May 2020, the height of the Covid-19 lockdown, Terry spent a Bank Holiday weekend struggling with stomach pain.
He was admitted to hospital, where doctors told him his symptoms were down to food poisoning after a parasite was found in his bowel. “The doctor asked me 'who is the cook in your house?' And said 'you’ve got a bad bout of food poisoning'.” Tests during his hospital stay revealed worrying signs, before Terry was then diagnosed with bile duct cancer – a rare form of cancer with poor chances of survival, typically not discovered until in its late stages.
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