![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-told-i-was-too-young-to-have-a-mammogram/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/newspress-collage-20240510-1666869207127.jpg&description=A MODEL was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer almost a year after doctors refused a mammogram claiming she was too young to have the disease. Philecia La'Bounty, 35, first discovered a suspicious lump on her chest in July 2018. She model now posts on TikTok about to raise awareness of breast cancerCredit: Caters Philecia now receives chemo for her stage 4 cancerCredit: Caters Philecia and her husbadn Brent MaggardCredit: Caters Doctors were quick to dismiss the TikTok star's concerns and convinced her she was too young and healthy to have cancer and denied offering her a mammogram. 'Accepting this was a big mistake and I realise now that I should have fought harder for testing," Philecia explained. Tragically, just eight months later after two additional doctors appointments, Philecia was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer. Stage 4 breast cancer means that the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. In Philecia's case, her cancer had spread to her lungs, lymph nodes, and sternum. 'I automatically thought of death, like most people do when they hear the word cancer," she explained. 'I feel the doctors failed me," she added. Since her diagnosis, Philecia has been put into a medically induced menopause, brought about by the cancer treatment chemotherapy. 'I feel like a little old lady most mornings - my joints are stiff, and I'm in pain and exhausted," the star said. The model froze ten eggs after she learned chemotherapy could leave her infertile directly before she started her first round. "I've had the opportunity to carry a child taken away from me, and I don't know what the future will hold," she said. 'Even if I have kids, it doesn't mean I'll necessarily be able to see them graduate. It is life changing, and not just for me, but my husband, my family, and my friends too," she added. She said she "tries not to think too much about being aware of the difference an earlier diagnosis could have made. "It won't make stage 4 go away," she adds. 'It nev){kind=link}
A MODEL was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer almost a year after doctors refused a mammogram claiming she was too young to have the disease.
Philecia La’Bounty, 35, first discovered a suspicious lump on her chest in July 2018.
However, doctors were quick to dismiss the TikTok star’s concerns and convinced her she was too young and healthy to have cancer and denied offering her a mammogram.
“Accepting this was a big mistake and I realise now that I should have fought harder for testing,” Philecia explained.
Tragically, some eight months later after two additional doctors appointments, Philecia, at just 29, was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer.