"Many Photos" - Mother-of-two told she is ‘too young for cancer’ diagnosed with stage 4 disease

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 stuck, when I went to wipe it away there was a lot of blood and I could feel something fleshy.'

She was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow for what she thought was a rectal prolapse – but while there she was told she had stage four bowel cancer.

Beth Purvis, 37, was told she had stage 4 bowel cancer after being rushed to the hospital with tumours sticking out of her bottom

The mother from Essex battled the disease which spread to her lungs after she was told she did not have it

Weeks later she began chemotherapy but, in 2017, the disease had spread to her lungs.

Later, after it was discovered she had damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord and more surgery was needed.

She said: 'I thought it was going to mean treatment was over.

'But three weeks after my reversal I developed a rectal, vaginal fistula - that's a hole between the two.

'Everything was coming out of the wrong place, it was awful.

'Then I had to have my bum sewn up.'

After even more chemotherapy she had her lungs operated on at The Royal Brompton and later was finally declared cancer free.

She told Mirror Online: 'Right now I'm back on chemotherapy to try and keep the cancer away as long as possible, but I'm feeling OK as I am on a less aggressive treatment.

'I get tired and a few other relatively minor side effects, but that's a small price to pay to keep me here for a bit longer.'

The Essex women underwent surgery and rounds of chemotherapy after discovering tumour 

Beth (pictured with her husband) is recovering after being given the all-clear by doctors 

Beth's family was stunned after her symptoms were ignored and dismissed for years 

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