A WOMAN, 18, died after six doctors 'failed to spot her tumours' seven times and turned her away insisted she was 'under the weather'. Ruby Fuller was a happy-go-lucky 17-year-old who was full of life before she noticed some worrying symptoms . 1 Ruby Fuller passed away aged 18 after six doctors failed to spot her cancer on seven occasions Credit: PA The teenager suffered with increasing shoulder pain, fatigue and a swollen face for weeks - but after going back and forth for three months GPs told her family she was just "under the weather".
Her shoulder pain was blamed on a heavy schoolbag and eyelid puffiness was put down to allergies - for which she was given antihistamines and steroids. Blood tests were done, but they did not reveal anything alarming. Her mum Emma Jones was so concerned she even asked a doctor "could it be cancer".
Read More SUPER MUM I battled Leukemia while pregnant – now I can’t feel anything but lucky But they were astonishingly laughed away and told "not in a 17-year-old, she's far too young". The same dismissive response was delivered by six different doctors on seven occasions. However, determined to find answers, Ruby and her mum kept making appointments.
Emma said: "I was getting more and more worried. I googled Ruby’s symptoms and read about lung cancer cases where a tumour pressing on a vein in the chest can cause swelling. So we went back to the GP.
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