Lisa was diagnosed with a rare form of blood vessel cancer A mum-of-two has been left reeling after being given just 15 months to live and enduring aggressive chemotherapy, only to discover she didn’t actually have cancer at all. Lisa Monk, 39, claims she was diagnosed with angiosarcoma, a rare form of blood vessel cancer, in early 2023 after a mass was found on her spleen. She’d been experiencing stomach pains and a scan revealed the mass, as well as kidney stones.
I just thought it meant the chemotherapy was working. ‘The doctor then told me that I never had cancer. I looked like I had cancer and I felt like I had cancer as I was vomiting, I was sick and my skin was silvery because of the chemotherapy. ‘The doctor then congratulated me, which really bothered me. At the time I was in shock but now I feel the more appropriate response would be “I’m sorry”.