A Scots dad was given a devastating cancer diagnosis after suffering persistent pain in the left side of his body. Peter McGovern, 58, started experiencing the symptoms in 2023, which medics were unable to pinpoint despite countless appointments, tests, and ultrasounds.
The dad-of-two was eventually rushed to hospital in May last year.Doctors suspected he had gallstones but decided to send him for further tests after noticing signs of jaundice.
Three months of long medical investigations revealed that the father, from Glasgow, who was a taxi driver, had a tumour on his bile duct and pancreas.He underwent a Whipple procedure - a complex surgical operation that removes part of the pancreas and other nearby organs to treat pancreatic cancer - two months later.
For months, the dad endured a gruelling recovery process, supported by the pancreatic team and his consultant, Miss Coats. Following his surgery, Peter spent six months receiving gruelling rounds of chemotherapy.