{"id":142406,"date":"2023-10-19T02:58:18","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142406"},"modified":"2023-10-19T02:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:58:18","slug":"i-had-two-years-of-gruelling-cancer-treatment-before-realising-i-never-had-the-disease-in-the-first-place-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/lifestyle\/i-had-two-years-of-gruelling-cancer-treatment-before-realising-i-never-had-the-disease-in-the-first-place-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I had two YEARS of gruelling cancer treatment before realising I never had the disease in the first place | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A WOMAN went through gruelling cancer treatment for two years before being told she had been misdiagnosed.<\/p>\n

Megan Royle's world turned upside down when doctors informed her she had the disease – and then again when they told her they'd made a horrible mistake. <\/p>\n


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The 32-year-old had gone to the lengths of having her eggs frozen after immunotherapy – a fertility affecting treatment.<\/p>\n

Her job as a theatre make-up artist was put on hold throughout nine cycles of skin cancer treatment after being diagnosed in 2019 at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital.<\/p>\n

It wasn't until 2021, when another NHS trust reviewed her records after a house move up north, the shocking mistake was discovered.<\/p>\n

Megan, from East Yorkshire, said: "You just can't really believe something like this can happen, and still to this day I've not had an explanation as to how and why it happened.<\/p>\n

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"I spent two years believing I had cancer, went through all the treatment and then was told there had been no cancer at all.<\/p>\n

"When the doctors sat me down and told me it took a while to sink in.<\/p>\n

"You'd think the immediate emotion would be relief, and in some sense it was, but I'd say the greater emotions were frustration and anger."<\/p>\n

Megan explained when she was first delivered the crushing blow of a cancer diagnosis, one of her first questions was if treatment would affect her fertility. <\/p>\n

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"I wasn't thinking about having children at that time, but having children was always something I planned for later in life, so having eggs preserved was something I didn't hesitate doing," Megan said.<\/p>\n

She added: "However, then to be told two years later, having undergone the treatment and lived with the worry, I found being told I'd never had cancer at all hard.<\/p>\n

"I wasn't in a good place for quite some time to be honest, strange as that may seem."<\/p>\n

Megan had originally gone to Chelsea & Westminster Hospital after a GP referred her for a mole on her arm that displayed concerning symptoms.<\/p>\n

After a biopsy was carried out she was told melanoma had been identified.<\/p>\n

The Royal Marsden Hospital then conducted a further biopsy and agreed with the first analysis.<\/p>\n

Megan went under the knife for a 2cm wide excision of tissue to remove what was believed to be the "cancer".<\/p>\n

Then she started Immunotherapy treatment, and completed nine cycles, at the same time as having her eggs preserved. <\/p>\n

By May 2021, she was told the cancer had been eliminated and she moved north elsewhere in the country. <\/p>\n

It was then that a different hospital trust looked at her files and informed her there had been an error.<\/p>\n

I spent two years believing I had cancer, went through all the treatment and then was told there had been no cancer at all."<\/p>\n

Megan sought help from medical negligence specialists, Hudgell Solicitors, who won an out of court settlement with the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.<\/p>\n

Associate Solicitor Matthew Gascoyne said: "This was obviously a quite unusual case in that Megan was mistakenly diagnosed with skin cancer, something which obviously had a significant psychological impact upon her given her young age.<\/p>\n

"This was exacerbated by her needing surgery, and being advised that the only treatment she could have may impact upon her fertility.<\/p>\n

"She suffered from sickness throughout her treatment, so it was a difficult time for her.<\/p>\n

"Finally, the psychological impact was worsened by being given the news that she'd not had cancer at all.<\/p>\n

"All of this was entirely avoidable.<\/p>\n

"It was only when her post treatment care was transferred to another Trust that this was discovered.<\/p>\n

You'd think the immediate emotion would be relief, and in some sense it was, but I'd say the greater emotions were frustration and anger."<\/p>\n

"Had she not moved, she may well now still be in a situation where she was believing she was in remission and that the cancer could return."<\/p>\n

A spokesperson from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust said: "We wish to offer our sincere apologies to Megan Royle for the distress caused by her experience at our trust and we are pleased that a settlement has been agreed."<\/p>\n

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A spokesperson for North West London Pathology, a joint partnership hosted by Imperial College NHS Trust, said: "We are deeply sorry for the distress caused to Ms Royle and apologise unreservedly for the error made.<\/p>\n

"While no settlement will make up for the impact this has had, we are pleased an agreement has been reached."<\/p>\n

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