I have worked in healthcare my entire life I had never heard of NETs until my diagnosis and I’m pretty sure none of the doctors I had seen in the lead up to diagnosis knew about it either.
I have four beautiful daughters, I’m a solo mum, they are my favourite part of life. I’ve been diagnosed with Neuroendocrine Cancer stage 4. I remember feeling a lump on my hard pallet, I remember the moment the Dr said “I’m really sorry, but it’s cancerous”.
I know that if there was more understanding of the disease and its effects my experience wouldn’t have been so isolating. The lack of knowledge within the medical profession was really shocking to me, as was the lack of information and support offered after diagnosis.
The Emergency Department completed scans and told me I had appendicitis. When they transferred me to another hospital for surgery, the doctors noticed a small lump in my bowel and investigated further. I was told I had cancer, and no other information was provided at that time.
