WHEN 41-year-old Carys Evans went to the GP with stomach pain, she never imagined finding out two days later she had stage 4 bowel cancer. The mum-of-two from Usk first saw her doctor in June last year after noticing stitch-like pain and that she had been losing weight. I also felt fuller quicker and my belly button felt tender and turned into an outie, like when I was pregnant, she said. “My GP said it sounded like gallstones and sent me for a scan two days later. “I went to the Royal Gwent and the scan showed masses on my bowel and liver. The last thing I expected was to be told it was cancer.”
I found out I had incurable cancer after my belly button turned from an innie into an outie
Carys Evans, 41, said she never thought she would be a candidate for bowel cancer due to her age and lifestyle
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When mum-of-two Carys Evans started experiencing mild stomach pains in June last year, she decided to visit her GP for reassurance that it was nothing serious.
The 41-year-old had also been losing weight and noticed that her tender belly button had turned from an innie into an outie like when she was pregnant.
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