![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/i-was-told-my-pregnancy-symptoms-were-normal-but-then-found-out-i-had-breast-cancer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_Keely-Langshaw.jpg&description=A woman who found out she had breast cancer when she was seven months pregnant was given only a year to live. Initially, doctors thought her symptoms were something pregnancy-related A mother-of-two was given just 12 months to live by doctors when a 'harmless' tumour she discovered in her breast while pregnant turned out to be something much more dangerous. Keely Langshaw, 36, from Australia, was seven months into her pregnancy when she found a small pea-sized lump. After checking in with doctors, they assured her it would be fine to assess it further after she had given birth. Once her child was born she underwent a variety of tests and received the devastating news. Keely had breast cancer that had spread all through her body - known as metastatic cancer - and was told she had just a year to live. "I contacted my doctor who does my monitoring and scans and they said (it was) probably something pregnancy-related but we'll keep an eye on it," Keely told FEMAIL. Since she knew she had the BRCA1 gene, which makes her more likely to develop breast cancer, she had been having six-monthly screenings. During her pregnancy, however, testing was nearly impossible due to her pregnant tummy because it calls for the patient to lie on their stomach. A few weeks later, Keely went into 'spontaneous labour' with Tottie, who is now 10 months old. As she was five weeks premature, she was in hospital for a month, delaying Keely from getting herself checked out even further. She added: "Over that time the lump grew really quickly. It grew to a golf ball. When they sent my daughter home from hospital I thought I should get myself sorted out." Thanks to a variety of biopsies, it was eventually discovered that Keely had Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), a form in which none of the three receptors typically detected on breast cancer cells are present. She and her husband Josh, 38, received the news that the disease had spread throughout her body and that she only had 12 months to live){kind=link}
A woman who found out she had breast cancer when she was seven months pregnant was given only a year to live. Initially, doctors thought her symptoms were something pregnancy-related
A mother-of-two was given just 12 months to live by doctors when a ‘harmless’ tumour she discovered in her breast while pregnant turned out to be something much more dangerous. Keely Langshaw, 36, from Australia, was seven months into her pregnancy when she found a small pea-sized lump.
After checking in with doctors, they assured her it would be fine to assess it further after she had given birth. Once her child was born she underwent a variety of tests and received the devastating news. Keely had breast cancer that had spread all through her body – known as metastatic cancer – and was told she had just a year to live.
“I contacted my doctor who does my monitoring and scans and they said (it was) probably something pregnancy-related but we’ll keep an eye on it,” Keely told FEMAIL. Since she knew she had the BRCA1 gene, which makes her more likely to develop breast cancer, she had been having six-monthly screenings. During her pregnancy, however, testing was nearly impossible due to her pregnant tummy because it calls for the patient to lie on their stomach.
A few weeks later, Keely went into ‘spontaneous labour’ with Tottie, who is now 10 months old. As she was five weeks premature, she was in hospital for a month, delaying Keely from getting herself checked out even further. She added: “Over that time the lump grew really quickly. It grew to a golf ball. When they sent my daughter home from hospital I thought I should get myself sorted out.”