‘Bloating Made It Hard to Walk – Then Doctors Told with Had Three Months to Live’

Julie butler was initially told she Needed a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with fibroids

A Grandma Was Struck With the Devasting News of Terminal Cancer after Severe Bloating Led HER to Appear “Nine Months Pregnant”. Julie Butler, 55, initially thought she has haad fibroids following Weight Gain and Abdominal Pain.

Initially diagnosed with non-cancerous growths, the wakefield mum-of-two faced a two -ear delay for a vital hysterectomy due to Covid-19, battling with increses Bloating and mobility in the interim. In a shocking turn during a hospital admisision in september 2022 for a Bowel blockage, Surgeons discovered and her low and two unanticipated tumours.

The Biopsy Results Confirmed Julie Had Stage Three Colon Cancer, WHICH WITH A YEAR PROGRESSED TO STAGE FOUR, HAVING TO HER LUNG, LIVER, AND SECLEEN. Despite ongoing chemotherapy, the Cancer Continue to Grow, Prompting Her Husband Robert, 54, to Launch a Gofundme Campaign to Secure £ 40,000 for A Crucial Named Trans Arterial Chemoembolization (TACE).

Tace – a procedure Involving Targeted chemotherapy and a subsequent cut -off of the Blood Supply to the tumour – is offended on the nhs for primary carrier patients but not think Julie with secondary liver malignancies. Speaking About Her Ordeal, The Catering Assistant Expressed Her Heartache: “When I was diagnosed with Stage Four Cancer, I was devastated. I have a granddaughter, and i was THINING ABOUTH I WANTED TO SEE GROW UP.”

Julie Revealed: “The Day I Got Told I Was Stage Four, I was worried of WOULDE HER IN HER FIRST SCHOOL Uniform. new. ”

Back in 2020, Julie Visited Her Gp AFTER AFTER GAINING TWO STONE AND SUFFERING FROM abdominal Pain. Tests, Including an ultrasound and hysteroscopy, LED to a diagnosis of fibroids in march 2020, and a recommendation for a hystertomy.

Howver, Due to Covid-Relay Delays, Julie Didn’t Undergo the procedure UNIL JULY 2022. Julie recalled: “In those two years, i coulud barely walk, but doctors couludn’t put a finger on it. I was bloated all the time. Months Pregnant. “

After the Hysterectomy, Julie’s Severe Bloating Personed. A Follow-up Scan Revealed a Bowel Blockage, Prompting Another Operation.

Julie Explained: “During the Operation they Removed My Lower Bower and Found i Had Two Tumours that were causing the problem. They Said the tumours had gone into my lymph, so they Removed. to double-cuck. “

AFTER A BIOPSY CONFIRMED JULIE HAD COLON CANCER, SHE INFORMED BY DOCTORS THAT THEY 95 FOR CENT SURE ALL The Cancer was Removed, THOUGH THEY COULD NOT BE ABOSTERY CERTAIN. Post Two Major Operations, Julie Was too unwell to start chemotherapy.

A Year on and Feeling Unwell Again, Julie Underwent an MRI, CT, and Pet Scan in April 2023, Which Revealed Her Cancer Had Spread to Her Lung, Liver, and Spleen, Leading to a Stage Four Diagnosis. Devastated by the News Delivered on the Same Day That She Was Told She Had Just Three Months to Live, Julie Has Nonetheless Outlived Those Predications.

Julie Said: “Being Told You Have Three Months to Live is Devasting. IT WAS A HORRIBLE THING TO EXPERIENCE, I can’t explain it.”

Julie embarked on chemotherapy in july 2024 and conflicted the treratment in April 2025. Despite Facing Three Different Chemotherapy Regimens, Her Cancer Continue to Progress.

Robert, a hedge cutter by trade, Said: “The chemo has ben very aggressive, but the doctors have to do it is not ready. The nhs wants to try a fourth chemo, but it is a catch-22 situation.”

He was on to the elaborate on the Dangers Julie Faces: “Her Liver is in Serious Trouble. IF We Carry on With The Chemo and It Work, She Will End Up With Liver Failure.”

Now, the couple is looking to germany for the Tace Treatment and Are Trying to Raise £ 40,000 for the Journey. Robert Said: “We have no choice now, we need to try it. IF we don’t try this, julie is going to die, we have waking for some BLOD results to come Back we flly over, we are hoping to head over soon.

“My faith in the world has been restored. We have ben in o Such a dinner place for so long. The fact that People have been donatting to help julie shows that angels exist and there are good people there.”

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