Julia had a positive pregnancy test. But it wasn't because she was expecting..
. and now doctors want to warn other women about the sinister causes By Jill Foster Published: 20:29 EST, 4 November 2024 | Updated: 20:29 EST, 4 November 2024 e-mail View comments Having not had a period for three months and after gaining a little weight around her middle, Julia Champion convinced herself that, at 53, she must be menopausal. ‘I wasn’t particularly happy about my bloated belly but decided I’d cut back on calories and do more exercise when I had time,’ says Julia, now 55, a publicist from Sydenham, South-East London .
But then during a three-hour drive to Suffolk during the summer of 2022, Julia had to stop five times to go to the loo. ‘On a few occasions, I didn’t even make it to the service station and had to stop the car and run into the bushes,’ she says. ‘My sister Jenny and niece Carrie were with me and said that they had noticed that I was weeing more than normal lately.
Carrie said it could be a sign of diabetes and that I should get checked at the GP.’ Julia Champion was lost for words when her GP told her she was expecting at the age of 53 Julia made an appointment for the following week and within 24 hours of giving a urine and blood sample, she got a call from the surgery. ‘They said my results had arrived and could I come to the surgery to discuss them as soon as possible, which immediately made me worry that it was something serious,’ says Julia, w.
