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A Scots mum has told of the moment her life turned upside down after what she thought were menopause symptoms turned out to be a devastating cancer diagnosis. ‌

Caroline Sweeney, 54, believed she was simply entering the next stage of life when she began feeling exhausted and developed painful sores in her mouth in May 2022. But the reality left her “in complete shock”, reports GlasgowLive. ‌

The childminder, who had spent 15 years on her feet caring for youngsters, said: “I’d been a childminder for 15 years, walking 25,000 steps a day, and never had a sick day. But suddenly I was exhausted, I couldn’t walk uphill and had sores in my mouth. ‌

“I decided to go to my GP who booked me for a blood test. Just seven hours later she rang and said I needed to go to Vale

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