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A young mother has died from cancer just weeks after mistakenly believing she was pregnant.
Fiona Gallacher, from Holytown in North Lanarkshire, suffered from severe stomach ache, bloating and vomiting for two months.
After a pregnancy test came back negative in January, the 33-year-old visited A&E.
Test results days later revealed she was suffering with stage-four adenocarcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the glands that secrete mucus.
Doctors originally gave her between six months and a year to live when Ms Gallacher was diagnosed in January.
Fiona Gallacher, from Holytown in North Lanarkshire, suffered from severe stomach ache, bloating and vomiting for two months. After a pregnancy test came back negative in January, the 33-year-old visited A&E
Test results days later revealed she was suffering with stage-four adenocarcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the glands that secrete mucus. Doctors originally gave her between six months and a year to live when Ms Gallacher was diagnosed in January. Pictured, Fiona, left, with sister Kellyann
She died just 11 weeks later, on March 22.
Her family and friends are now urging people to get their health checked and not to ignore any worrying symptoms.
Her heartbroken sister Kellyann told the Daily Record: 'Fiona started experiencing severe stomach pains but put it down to just feeling unwell.
'Her stomach suddenly swelled out and she couldn't keep anything down, she initially thought she was pregnant because of the way she was feeling.
'She was so swollen it did look as though she might be pregnant.'
The 37-year-old added: 'Days later, we were told she was suffering from cancer and that she didn't have long left. It was such a shock for us all, it didn't feel real.'
Adenocarcinoma, nicknamed the 'cancer of the cavities', is
