She listened to the warnings and made sure she never missed a smear test - conscious they can help catch the earliest warning signs of cervical cancer.Kennedy News and MediaYet, the 30-year-old is now facing the very real reality she will die from the disease.
After her baby girl was induced, Ellie underwent a colposcopy and biopsy revealed the growth was actually a 3cm cancerous tumour. “I was 29, I had just had my second baby and I wasn’t done adding to our family so to have that taken away felt particularly like adding insult to injury," she said. But now she is dedicated to bravely sharing her journey so that women understand the reality of cervical cancer and how important it is to never miss a smear test."But when they told me how poor the prognosis was, I passed out."
“There are days when the pain is too much and I want to give up. Sometimes I hurt so much, I feel like I can’t do this. Fabulous has partnered with cervical cancer charity Jo’s Trust to launch #CheersForSmears, a campaign aiming to ensure women across the UK attend their screenings, no matter what. “Maybe if we had a different system, my tumour would have been picked up earlier - before the cancer had a chance to spread. It makes me so angry.“It’s just awful and it’s something, I hope, I can change. I’m not prepared to go through all of this and have it be for nothing. I’ll make it worth it somehow.”