Lyndsey Ainscough, 40, from Leigh in Greater Manchester, was diagnosed with serious stage 3 cancer after suffering symptoms for several months.
Dame Deborah’s mother, Heather, welcomed the news, saying it was an “honour to hear the impact” of her daughter’s work “through wonderful stories like Lyndsey’s”.Mrs Ainscough told PA: “I’d been getting quite a lot of symptoms during the Covid lockdowns and had bleeding, weight loss and fatigue. “He kind of just shrugged it off with ‘don’t be silly, you’re too young to have bowel cancer’. And it was from that moment that I actually decided to go and get checked.”
“It’s really hard to explain what happened next to be honest, but I felt like the bed was closing in on me, it was complete shock, a complete shock. The tumour, which was 5cm in size, was on the outer lining of the bowel so could not be removed and a stoma would need to be fitted. Since recovering, the Ainscoughs have been able to enjoy a family holiday and Mrs Ainscough’s family gave her a surprise birthday party for her 40th.“My daughter starts school this year, so I get to see Perry start big school.“All those things go through your mind when you’re going through the treatment – you’re not going to see it. How are your family ever going deal with that?”“Dame Deborah helped save my life,” she said.
Mrs Ainscough, who loves to play netball, now just needs three-monthly scans and monitoring to check the cancer has not come back.
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