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‘My GP mistook my testicular cancer for an STI and I missed out on university – but now I feel I can achieve anything’

A student forced to miss out on university due to testicular cancer has said his GP initially mistook the disease for a sexually transmitted infection. Oli Penno, 19, from Launceston in Cornwall, said he started experiencing swelling and pain in one ...

10 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Family

‘I had unnecessary appendix removal while fighting for endometriosis diagnosis but now I have sons – it was meant to be’

A woman who faced years of “medical gaslighting” and said she had her appendix unnecessarily removed while fighting for an endometriosis diagnosis has since given birth to two boys after being given a 5% chance of conceiving naturally. Sophie ...

03 Oct 2024 at 06:30

Health

‘My partner was misdiagnosed at A&E, told to take Gaviscon and died days later – the condition’s flying under the radar’

A woman who said her partner was misdiagnosed at A&E, sent home to take Gaviscon and died days later is campaigning for greater awareness of a condition which is flying “under the radar”. David Burgess, 52, a legal recruitment consultant and ...

21 Aug 2025 at 06:30

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