A mother’s life was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with cancer after doctors initially believed she was suffering from tonsillitis.
Emma Rosic, 32, said the sun She thought her health was normal, but between working full-time as an air freight pricing executive and caring for her young son Frankie, who was only two years old at the time, she began to feel exhausted.
The mother-of-one, who is from Hampshire, began experiencing other symptoms including night sweats, itching and weight loss, as well as a swollen lymph node in her neck.
But when her husband, Darran, found her unconscious on the bathroom floor in July 2022, doctors told him she had tonsillitis.
Although he was prescribed antibiotics, his health continued to decline as he battled numerous chest infections.
Emma Rosic’s life was turned upside down when she discovered she had cancer after doctors originally told her she had tonsillitis.
After six months of suffering from health problems, an x-ray revealed a large mass in his chest, which turned out to be stage two lymphoma.
After six months of repeatedly expressing her concerns to doctors, an x-ray revealed a mass in Emma’s chest, which turned out to be stage two lymphoma in January 2023.
“Having a young child and receiving this kind of news is the hardest thing ever,” she told The Sun.
He also said doctors did not know how long his cancer had been growing before it was discovered.
Following the shocking discovery, Emma immediately began chemotherapy. Two weeks later, he had lost all his hair.
‘Explaining to my son that I had lost my hair was very difficult because he was very young, but we told him that it was about cancer leaving my body.
“His reaction was to say, ‘You look like dad,’ since my husband is bald.”
After eight weeks, Emma was in remission and in June she was told she was officially cancer-free, describing everything being fine as “the best feeling in the world.”
Following the shocking discovery, Emma immediately started chemotherapy but is now cancer-free.
However, a year after remission, Emma constantly fears her cancer will return and has had to attend therapy as she struggles to come to terms with what she experienced.
‘Cancer has changed my life forever. “I will never take my life for granted again.”
Earlier this year, alarming new figures revealed that more than 100,000 patients have been diagnosed with cancer in A&E over the past five years.
Experts warned that those who contract it this way are often in the later stages of the disease, when it is more expensive and difficult to treat and the chances of survival are lower.
It comes amid record dissatisfaction with GPs and long waits for diagnostic tests, with patients often struggling to be seen.
Cancer Research UK described the situation as “unacceptable” and warned it could affect patients’ chances of beating the disease.