21-Year-Old Mom Told She Was "Too Young" For A Pap Smear Is Diagnosed With Terminal Cervical Cancer
By Kayla Keegan
In 2013, Jade Pateman gave birth to her son, Oscar, when she was 19 years old. But because she was considered "too young" by the UK's National Health Service (NHS) regulations to receive a cervical screening test, Jade didn't have a pap smear, that is, until it was too late.
In February, she started to develop an inflamed cervix and took antibiotics to try to make the swelling go away. Doctors began running tests and scans on Jade to figure out what was causing the inflammation. It was then that they discovered a 2-inch tumor on Jade's cervix, which doctors believed had been forming since the end of 2014 before Jade had any symptoms.
Even though doctors wanted to treat the cancer with radiotherapy, it had already spread into her lymph nodes in her chest, stomach, and neck. In June, she was then told she only has about 18 months to 2 years to live.
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