Woman, 27, told pelvic pain was just 'part of being a woman'...in fact it was a giant ovarian cancer that's spread to her lungs

Woman, 27, told pelvic pain was just 'part of being a woman'...

in fact it was a giant ovarian cancer that's spread to her lungs READ MORE: Revealed: The six key warning signs of ovarian cancer By Emily Stearn, Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 07:26 EDT, 27 August 2024 | Updated: 07:30 EDT, 27 August 2024 e-mail View comments A woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer has claimed she was 'gaslit' by medics after they dismissed her pelvic pain as just 'part of being a woman'. Keesha Walden, from Norfolk, began suffering shooting pains on her left side in early 2023, aged 26. But by March she experienced agonising aches in her lower abdomen and irregular periods.

Yet she claimed she was told by her GP she should simply watch what she was eating and exercise. It was only after her symptoms worsened she was sent to gynaecology as an urgent cancer referral in September that they found what they believed to be a cyst on her ovary. Surgery to remove it a month later showed she had a cancerous tumour measuring 26cm — roughly the size of a rugby ball.

Keesha Walden suffered severe pelvic pain which was a hidden sign of a large ovarian cancer Follow-up scans in February showed her cancer had spread, with a new mass in her pelvis and abnormal tissue on her lung. She was diagnosed with Mucinous Adenocarcinoma, so rare it makes up just three per cent of all ovarian cancer cases. Recalling her heartbreaking ordeal, she said: 'Due to the delayed diagnosis, I was informed that a hystere.