Mother-of-two, 37, who was told she is ‘too young for cancer’ is diagnosed with stage 4 disease after feeling a tumour while on the toilet Mother-of-two Beth Purvis reassured she was fine after cancer misdiagnosed The 37-year-old from Essex felt a tumour after it came out of her rectum on toilet Weeks later she began gruelling chemotherapy but cancer was at stage 4 Her lungs were operated on in 2017 before she was given the all-clear by medics
By Zoie O'brien For Mailonline
Published: 19:43 GMT, 6 February 2019 | Updated: 07:02 GMT, 7 February 2019
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A mother who was told she is 'too young to have cancer' has revealed she was reassured she was fine – until she found a tumour 'sticking out her bottom'.
Beth Purvis, 37, was sure she had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) after doctors said her symptoms were nothing to worry about.
She was told twice to return only if her symptoms got worse.
However, the mother-of-two from Essex felt something was wrong while on the toilet one day in 2016.
She told the Mirror Online that she saw 'blood' after going to the toilet and felt something strange, as well as experiencing pain.
She said: 'I felt something was
