Woman ignored 'embarrassing' symptoms and was hit with ‘traumatic’ diagnosis

A woman said she experienced irregular bowel movements prior to her cancer diagnosis (Image: Getty) A woman has shared the “embarrassing” symptoms of a deadly disease she initially ignored prior to her life-changing diagnosis, urging others to “speak to your doctor”. Lindsey Jayn Piette from Ontario in Canada experienced issues such as irregular bowel movements and bloating but initially did nothing about them. Taking to social media platform TikTok , the single mum said she put off seeking help for “too long”, eventually being diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer - which is also known as bowel cancer - at the age of 39.

In a video about her symptoms, Lindsey said: “Warning signs I had cancer that I missed. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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