Woman's shattering diagnosis after being told to cut coffee to treat her 'anxiety'

A woman whose GP told her to reduce her alcohol and coffee intake to ease her anxiety actually had cancer

Angley Kumar went to A&She began to feel lethargic all the time and had palpitations in addition to tightness in her chest, initially diagnosed with chest inflammation.

The 26-year-old, who has always led a healthy lifestyle, visited GP when things didn't improve.

But an aspiring lawyer, who had just taken her job at one of London's leading law firms, told her she may be suffering from anxiety because of her long working hours. and she was advised to abstain from alcohol and coffee. When it did not improve her symptoms, her family doctor suggested it might be celiac disease.

When Anglee sought a second opinion at a private clinic, she was told there was nothing serious about her.

Over the next several months, she had numerous blood tests, respiratory tests, an ultrasound, and she had a 7-day electrocardiogram (ECG), all of which returned normal results. .

It wasn't until Anglee insisted on having a CT scan, despite doctors' reluctance given her young age, that she had a non-Hodgkin's cancer, a cancer that arises from white blood cells. It wasn't conclusively determined that I had lymphoma. cells called lymphocytes.

In the United Kingdom, more than 13,000 people are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma each year, according to theNHS

. In people over the age of 75, the most common symptom is painless swelling of the lymph nodes, usually in the neck, armpits, or groin, none of which applies to Anglee. I started chemotherapy last November and had my eggs frozen because it could damage my ovaries.

This Londoner lost her hair, eyebrows and eyelashes as a result of treatment and lost 10 kg of her weight.

She told MyLondon 65}

"You look unwell. Your family sees you differently, even if you don't mean to.

``I completely lost my confidence. Everyone hides it.

"I think there are a lot of Asian girls who have to hide something, but I'm trying to break the stigma right now.

} ”A really realistic wig. It was expensive. No one knew I was bald at a family event.

"I remember attending my cousin's wedding three days after my diagnosis and I was like, 'Oh my god, it's like I'm here. The world has collapsed.’”

Fortunately , as her cancer treatment progressed, so did her outlook on how she bounced back.

Angley said she entered the Miss Her Universe contest in January 2022 and had to tell her family what she had been through.

She wanted to use this platform to inspire other women to have her confidence in the face of adversity.

Angley placed second in the contest and she was the first cancer patient to participate.

Now an ambassador for cancer charity Macmillan, she has a legal training contract with a top London law firm.

With her chemotherapy completed, Anglee was told that she was cured and the cancer was in remission.

She added: "I have endured the hardest six months of my life. It has not been easy for me to share this publicly, but I hope it helps to inspire other women.

``I try to encourage women everywhere to stand up for themselves, whether for their health or in the workplace. My goal and everything I do now is to be a voice for change."

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