Mother who thought she had a tummy ache woke up paralysed

A ‘healthy and active’ mother who went to bed thinking she had stomach ache has revealed her devastation after waking up paralysed from the waist down. Emese Illes-Toth, 44, from Hemel Hempstead, had enjoyed a normal weekend visiting a farm and walking to the post office with her son Almos Otvos, 10, but woke up … Read more

Burton mother diagnosed with incurable cancer after not going to GP for a stomach ache in lockdown

Mother-of-three, 36, is diagnosed with incurable cancer after she held off going to the doctor for a stomach ache during lockdown because she ‘didn’t want to waste their time’ Johanna William, 36, from Burton, Staffordshire, suffered abdomen pains in April But she did not see a GP because she knew the NHS was ‘overwhelmed’  by … Read more