Woman reveals five cancer warning signs she wished she'd never ignored
Daily MailA young terminal cancer sufferer who has been told she has as little as three months left to live has warned others not to ignore five ailments that turned out to be telltale signs of her disease. Linda Chavez, 35, was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer last year after doctors consistently mistook her symptoms for other, less serious conditions such as allergies and sciatica. Persistent cough: Linda said she experienced the most common sign of lung cancer as well as other less typical symptoms such as pain in her toes, exhaustion and nausea Other red flags included 'exhaustion' and nausea. Deadly disease: Linda was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer which meant it had already spread beyond the lungs Linda also revealed she had been diagnosed with a rare cancer complication called leptomeningeal dissemination disease. A new persistent cough, or a change to an established one, as well as fatigue are considered some of the main symptoms of lung cancer.
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