Maisie (not her real name)
Maisie*, 40, from Llanelli, is experiencing ongoing gynaecological issues. She feels she is not being taken seriously and has been dismissed for being “too young”.
She worries that something more serious may be happening alongside a uterine prolapse, yet feels she is being “left to suffer”.
Despite repeatedly reporting a burning sensation under her navel – particularly during her very irregular periods – she has not been offered a scan and is told her symptoms “can be normal”.
Maisie says: “It terrifies me that it will be too late and gone too far if it is cancer as nobody is listening. I was due for a smear last year, but then it changed from 3 years to 5‑year check. It is scary.”
Her concerns are heightened by her husband’s experience. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer at 53 after using the routine screening kit, despite having no symptoms. As Maisie explains: “If it wasn’t for the free kit he wouldn’t have found out and it would have been missed.”
*not her real name
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