'I was rushing to the toilet 30 times a day.'
Woman told she’d die aged 20 shares bowel disease warning signs to look for Billie Anderson was just 19 when she began rushing to the toilet 30 times a day with blood in her stool. For weeks, she ignored symptoms, which turned out to be the warning signs of a life-threatening bowel condition. ‘I just made up my mind I was fine because the doctor had said I was fine, and I decided to ignore the fact that I was still finding blood every 10 minutes,’ said Billie.
‘My joints started to swell, I had severe acne and I was losing my hair, which was a bit of a shock,’ she said. Billie is now urging people not to ignore symptoms such as blood in their stool and frequent trips to the toilet In December 2017, Billie’s doctor warned her that she would die in the next few months if she did not have surgery to remove part of her bowel and have a stoma bag fitted. She said: ‘I genuinely don’t know how I got through Christmas that year.
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