Bronwyn Sumption began suffering debilitating symptoms a year after moving to Edinburgh.
An Edinburgh University lecturer claims GPs ignored cancer warning signs as she faced a devastating back-to-back diagnosis.
The lecturer visited her GP three times over the course of a week but originally her fears were brushed aside, with doctors believing it to be a potential viral infection and carrying out tests for mumps and even an allergic reaction to ibuprofen. “Something was not right as I had lost my appetite but somehow picked up six kilograms. The ride side of my body began to swell but I kept being brushed aside by my GP.
Unfortunately Bronwyn suffered multiple complications during her battle with blood cancer but in October 2023 she was allowed to breathe a sigh of relief when it was thought she was in remission. “But in December I woke up one morning with a horrible headache which then led to vertigo and dizziness. I saw a couple of doctors but they brushed it off as positional vertigo.
“They treated it blindly but the medical staff were surprised. There is no single case like mine in the world where the cancer has relapsed in the central nervous system in this way.” Bronwyn will have been unable to work since May 2023 and although she is thankful for receiving sick pay from Edinburgh University, this stops at the end of May 2024.
“There is nothing I want more than to be on the other side of this, to be independent again, to go back to work, and to play cricket again.
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