I went to the doctor thinking I needed to have my gallbladder removed and was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer at 43

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When Georgia Carter felt a symptom connected her correct broadside she assumed she had pulled a musculus by lifting weights astatine nan gym - but alternatively it was a informing motion of thing acold much serious. 

The symptom yet led nan 44-year-old to person ultrasound connected her gallbladder which led to a devastating test of shape 4 metastatic bowel cancer. 

A tumor was recovered successful her bowel on pinch lesions connected her liver, rectum and sigmoid colon arsenic nan crab spread. 

She knowledgeable fewer different symptoms, but told FEMAIL going to nan bath was ne'er 'fully satisfying' and she had 'felt off' months prior. Looking back, she said location was signs of humor successful her stools excessively but this tended to coincide pinch her periods.

'Things weren't rather right. I had changed jobs and travel from a stressful, precocious unit business truthful I put a batch of it down to worry and stress,' Georgia said. 

'Once I moved into a caller domiciled that had much of a work-life equilibrium nan symptoms popped up and I was confused.' 

The test came arsenic a complete daze arsenic Georgia arsenic she does not person immoderate family history of colon cancer, though her mum had leukaemia. 

The ultrasound and CT scan 'uncovered everything that was going on'. 

Georgia Carter (pictured) was diagnosed pinch shape 4 bowel crab 12 months ago 

The 44-year-old from Western Australia said she knowledgeable fewer communal symptoms and doesn't person immoderate family history of cancer 

The time aft that gallbladder ultrasound 12 months ago, Georgia was called backmost to what she thought was a regular follow-up appointment. 

'I thought they were going to show maine to get my gallbladder removed aliases something. Being told it's cancer.. nan upwind gets taken retired of your sails really quickly. It's for illustration an instant panic attack, hyperventilation moment,' she said. 

'I went to nan assignment unsocial truthful I called my hubby and he dropped everything to subordinate me.

'Ever since that infinitesimal I now understand why GPs tally late. I stayed for arsenic agelong arsenic I needed to beryllium there.'

Four days later she was successful infirmary to get a larboard put into her thorax for chemotherapy treatment.

Bowel crab tin origin you to person humor successful your stools, a alteration successful bowel habit, a lump wrong your bowel which tin origin an obstructions. Some group besides suffer pinch weight nonaccomplishment arsenic a consequence of these symptoms

'They couldn't do a due colonoscopy because nan tumour was truthful large it was blocking nan bowel,' Georgia said. 

But she did have surgery to insert a stent into her colon to trim nan consequence of obstruction. 

A week later she started chemotherapy curen which worked well, sidesplitting nan crab cells. However nan deadly cells 'tore away' from nan stent and perforated her bowel, causing further issues.

'After nan 2nd information of chemo I was successful bonzer symptom and I wouldn't activity retired what was going on. Everyone was saying it was from nan curen truthful I conscionable sucked it up until it sewage to nan constituent wherever I couldn't eat thing aliases support thing down,' Georgia said. 

'I almost died - everything had stopped successful my bowels and it was because my bowel had perforated and my abdominal cavity was full.'

Georgia (pictured pinch her husband) besides 'nearly died' erstwhile her bowel perforated 

She was rushed to emergency room wherever surgeons removed a 3rd of her bowel and nan superior tumour - thing Georgia described arsenic 'the metallic lining' of nan ordeal. 

She remained successful intensive attraction for 5 days and successful infirmary for 3 weeks successful August past twelvemonth past started curen mid-September until nan extremity of April. 

Since past Georgia has been 'rebuilding her strength' and had room 3 weeks agone to cheque connected her liver which 'wasn't successful a awesome condition' owed to treatment. 

'The affirmative news is I'm beautiful judge my bowel is wholly clear of immoderate tumours. So nan crab is now only successful my liver but successful awkward positions truthful doctors aren't capable to region them arsenic easily,' Georgia said. 

She has since started curen again to effort trim nan lesions arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

Now she's taking it 1 time astatine a time, is 'focused connected getting her mindset into nan correct place' and will beryllium connected curen for nan adjacent six months. 

While doctors are assured nan chemotherapy will shrink nan remaining crab cells Georgia is still worried it will dispersed again but is hoping for nan best. 

The life-changing crab intends she besides has to unrecorded pinch a stoma container and has dealt pinch beingness challenges.

Now she's taking it 1 time astatine a clip and if 'focused connected getting her mindset into nan correct place' and will beryllium connected curen for nan adjacent six months

'I've ever been physically beardown - I utilized to life weights and was nan strongest female my PT utilized to activity with, which I was really proud of,' she said.

'Over nan past 12 months I've mislaid 35kg and americium nary longer that beardown personification I was. I cognize I'm stronger successful different ways but building that spot is simply a really intolerable upland to climb astatine nan moment.

'I garbage to fto this go my characteristic and fto my sickness beryllium who I am. So I benignant of push done it. The days I push myself beyond what I deliberation I tin do, I get physically exhausted and past I slumber better,' she added. 

'I'm ne'er going to beryllium astir and consciousness sorry for myself.'

To thief get done nan difficult times, Georgia recalled a mantra from a book by Sarah Polley: tally towards nan danger.

'So you look it caput connected alternatively than trying to put up mechanisms to hide and awkward distant from it, because you're ne'er going to get better, you're ne'er going to get stronger if you don't look those issues, aliases look what you're what you're going through,' Georgia said.

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