Greenock Mum cancer terror after three positive smear tests

Chloe Fitzpatrick says she feels ‘pushed from a post to post’ and should wait 47 weeks for a gynecology monitoring appointment after positive tests, the first of which was in March last year.

The 29 -year -old woman, who lives in Nevis Road, says she has a constant pain and suffers from strong bleeding, and fears that she may have cancer.

The last of the three tests, in December, returned with a ‘very positive’ result.

Chloe, who lives with her partner and her four children, between 5 and 11 years old, said: “I have had three positive smear tests, the third is a high severe risk, however, my attention has been discarded with canceled appointments and the pain discarded with a simple paracetamol, risking my life significantly.”

She believes that she should have been sent for new investigations to determine if cancer is present, but that this has not happened.

Chloe said: “I am sitting here a few days before my 30th birthday, thinking that I could have cervical cancer and I could die.

“He has ruined my life. I have had to give up my work, give up the university.

“I am fighting for all women, but above all, for my four children.

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“I want to witness his life triumphs: his graduations, weddings and firstborn.”

Chloe, who also suffers from endrometrosis, also has a family history of cervical cancer; His mother had the disease, but it was detected early enough for the treatment to be a success.

She said: “My mother had an ectopic pregnancy. It was discovered then that she had cervical cancer and had a complete hysterectomy.

“My mother survived due to her timely diagnosis. I am a high risk due to family history.

“The bleeding is so bad that I can barely get out of bed.

“I’ve been having cramps, Dolores, I fainted with pain.

“I keep seeing the GP and they still give me analgesics that do not work.”

His GP surgery, Cochrane’s medical practice, Chloe referred to the Stobhill hospital in Glasgow, and saw a consultant there on January 25, when they told him to begin with contraceptive injections to help relieve symptoms.

She says that when she asked about cancer detection, they told her that she depended on her head doctor, and that when she approached the problem with her doctor, they told her that the decision was the responsibility of the gynecology experts.

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And Chloe says that he is still waiting for a letter to be sent to his header so that the treatment can begin.

Another appointment, scheduled for July 31 in Stobhill, has already been canceled, and an additional appointment has been designed in Glasgow Royal Infirmary, for February next year.

Chloe said: “I am worried sick. I feel that nobody cares. I broke in surgery.”

Chloe has filed an official complaint about the Stobhill hospital for the delay in contacting her head doctor.

She said: “Gynecology currently tells me that I now have to wait until February 9, 2026, for another appointment after they told myself in my first consultant appointment in January that would bring me back in six months for surgery, to have a complete hysterectomy.

“Now they are making me wait without treatment and pain that often makes a bed with the potential that this becomes the worst stages of cervical cancer.”

Chloe said he had to leave the university and give up his work due to his medical condition.

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She said: “My fight is not selfish.

“This problem extends beyond an individual. Numerous women are ignored, not treated and badly diagnosed every day.

“According to the World Health Organization, almost 570,000 new cases of cervical cancer were reported in 2018, and the fourth most common cancer was considered in women.

“Half a million women are suffering, where early prevention and early detection could have made a significant difference in the eradication of this disease.”

A NHS Glaater Glasgow and Clyde spokesman said: “We are grateful that this problem has been called to our attention, and we would like to apologize to Mrs. Fitzpatrick for the anguish she has suffered.”

“We encourage you to contact us so we can support it through this experience.

“Our cervical detection service works hard to provide the best possible care to the patients we see, and although we prioritize the most urgent cases, we know the concern and anguish that patients may feel at this time.

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“We would like to ensure patients that the presence of HPV usually does not indicate the presence of cancer or precancerous cells.

“It indicates a higher potential risk and, although it will not result in a derivation for additional treatment at that stage, patients will be invited to return to a smear test in due time.”

Chloe has also contacted Stuart McMillan, Greenock and Invertclyde SNP MSP.

He said: “I can greatly appreciate the stress and anxiety that would cause an appointment of this nature, especially pointing to family history.

“My office has already made representations of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, and we expect an answer.

“My staff and I will do everything in our power to support Chloe and his family.”

He Telegraph He has contacted Cochrane Medical Practice to comment.