A 39-year-old woman is striving to enjoy the time she has left after being dealt a shock diagnosis of appendix cancer, a rare and aggressive illness that has left her body ‘riddled’.
With tumours and imposed immense hospital costs, years of treatments, and long-term wellness management.
Rebecca Hind, from Cumbria, was given the devastating news in 2019 at the age of 33, shortly after experiencing symptoms she initially believed were food poisoning—a condition often misdiagnosed without proper lab testing and diagnostic imaging.
What followed was years of painstaking surgeries to remove 13 of her organs, more than eight gruelling rounds of chemotherapy, and medically-induced menopause at the age of 35.
These treatments would typically fall under extensive private health insurance coverage or specialized cancer insurance plans due to their aggressive and high-cost nature.
Heartbreakingly, the latest round of treatment failed to keep the cancer at bay, and doctors have now told her the disease is terminal. They are unable to predict how long she has left to live.
