27 Year-old woman died one day after cancer diagnosis, symptoms dismissed as 'hormonal'

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Aspiring model, 27, dies from 'aggressive' cervical cancer one day after being diagnosed

Porsche 'Pops' McGregor-Sims, 27, from Petersfield, Hampshire, was told by a doctor her hormones were to blame and her aggressive cancer went undiagnosed for months


https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/aspiring-model-27-dies-aggressive-25871758



An aspiring young model died of cervical cancer at the age of 27 just months after being told by a doctor that her hormones were simply to blame for her "myriad" of symptoms, an inquest heard. Porsche 'Pops' McGregor-Sims had an "aggressive" form of the disease which had gone undiagnosed for months despite continual complaints of abdominal pain and bleeding.

The graduate passed away in hospital just a day after the cancer was discovered, having previously been told by the consultant that she didn't need to be physically examined and her problems could be linked to ceasing birth control.

Only weeks before her death - as Britain entered the first coronavirus lockdown - she was prescribed antibiotics over the phone for her condition, the hearing was told.

She was seen by a doctor face by face only after the GP thought her shortness of breath meant she had Covid. Her case has led a coroner to suggest national guidelines, which say women suspected of having the disease need to wait two weeks before being seen by a specialist, may have contributed to her death.

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[captain queeg]

2. Same for my niece. Died a few weeks after finally being diagnosed

Cervical cancer and the docs thought it was something else.

[niyad]

3. Thank you for posting this most imporrtant article. I am seething with rage at that

Woman-hating, incompetent quack. As far as I am concerned, he murdered her.

This dismissal of women and their concerns and issues exists in pretty much all fields, but is especially pernicious in medicine. An article was posted recently on DU about the higher rate of death amoung women treated by male surgeons. And, of course, the lack of awareness and treatment of heart attacks and general heart conditions in women.

And people wonder why I try to avoid the medical world as much as possible.

[madaboutharry]

4. The doctor may very well be a quack, but

what evidence are you finding to call him a woman hater?
He is incompetent. That alone explains his poor judgment and should put his career and his license in jeopardy.

[niyad]

5. Experience, not just mine, but almost every woman I know. Read the responses

t he OP in GD. Women's issues and medical situations are routinely ignored, downplayed, trivialized or outright smeared by the male authority figures in white coats. Don't believe me? Look at the statistics and reports on women with heart conditions as an example.

[niyad]

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