Dad, 37, repeatedly told symptoms were just anxiety dies weeks after terminal diagnosis
"We will never forget the day we found out that our son had cancer that had spread across his body. We were told he might have only weeks to live… after he had been told by his GP for months that he was just suffering from anxiety." Liam Handley, from Glossop, had suffered from anxiety for much of his life.
His vibrant red hair had been made a joke of from his early years right through to his adult life. That, along with his dyslexia, had often made him very self-conscious.
When dad-of-four Liam first went to his GP with chest pains, his doctor put his symptoms down to stress and increased his medication.
But the pains refused to subside. Liam kept returning to his GP but each time his medication just increased further. Months later, it was revealed that Liam had lung cancer, which would go on to kill him in a matter of weeks. READ MORE: NHS boss issues 'devastating' warning as hospital cases in Greater Manchester soar amid 'tidal wave' of flu “I don’t think lung cancer was ever considered,” said Lynn Handley, Liam’s mum. “Liam did not fit the stereotypical lung cancer patient, he was young, non-smoker, not overweight and relatively fit.
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