Young Scots mum diagnosed with two cancers in just four weeks
dailyrecord.co.ukA young mum-of-one has been diagnosed with two cancers within four weeks - one of which is incurable - but says that she 'won't be beaten' by the disease.Brave Chelsea Kernachan was living a normal life, taking care of seven-year-old Kaylum and going to work, as a childcare practitioner, before falling ill.The 31-year-old, who lives in the Nitshill area of Glasgow, was experiencing pain in her breast bone when she went to see a doctor, who thought it was an infection and prescribed her antibiotics.
However, after being referred to a specialist clinic, three cancerous lumps were discovered in her right breast and Chelsea was diagnosed with stage two cancer in February.Her treatment, which included chemotherapy, surgery and hormone therapy, was due to start before medics last week discovered that she now has bone cancer too.
It has spread to her back and skull, and is a condition which she'll have to live with for the rest of her life, Glasgow Live reports.Chelsea has since had to give up work and will move in with her parents once her chemotherapy treatment begins next weekShe told Glasgow Live: "I was living life to the fullest, working and spending time with my wee boy.
I enjoyed a normal life before the pain started.""When doctors told me about the breast cancer I was so shocked, I was a mess.
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