Friday 23 September 2022 10:47 PM Pregnant woman, 29, has labor induced four weeks early after finding lump on ... trends now
A 29-year-old woman's labor was induced four weeks early after scans suggested she had breast cancer.
Lindsey Gritton, from Gainesville, Georgia, was in week 34 of her pregnancy when a burning sensation erupted over her right armpit and breast. She also found a 'marble-sized' lump in the breast.
Doctors told her it was a clogged milk duct — like in her first pregnancy — and that they'd seen it a 'thousand' times, but she still demanded a scan.
When the results came back, medics backtracked saying there was now a 'high likelihood' that she had cancer. She had labor induced a week later, and then went through more tests — which couldn't be done during pregnancy due to the radiation — which revealed it was stage four breast cancer and had spread to her liver.
The mother-of-two has now been on chemotherapy for four months, visiting hospital every three weeks for treatment. About 80 percent of the cancer is now gone.
Lindsey Gritton, from Gainseville, Georgia, is pictured above at eight (left) and 25 (right) weeks pregnant. She noticed the cancer warning signs on week 34, and had birth induced a few weeks later
She has now been receiving chemotherapy every three weeks for four months, and 80 percent of the cancer has now gone doctors say
Medics initially told her the symptoms were likely being caused by a blocked milk duct, like in her first pregnancy. But Gritton didn't believe this was the case
Only about two percent of breast cancer cases are diagnosed among women under 35 years old every year, but when it is detected it tends to be found at a later stage and much harder to treat.
Those who have close relatives diagnosed with the cancer, have had other breast health problems in the past or previously received radiation therapy are more at risk.
