
Woman mistook deadly illness for perimenopause
Laura Dawson, a 44-year-old mother of two, experienced bloating and fatigue in the mornings for months, which led to a devastating diagnosis that cut her life short. Dawson, a Londoner, mistook the symptoms for perimenopause when in fact she had stage three bowel cancer. It wasn’t until she experienced excruciating abdominal pain one night that she…