Doctors said I was tired from being a mum — but it was bowel cancer
Rachel Bernardo was only in her 30s when she started feeling so tired she needed to go to bed at 6pm. These are the three symptoms she had before her bowel cancer diagnosis.
Cancer
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Tiny sign before toddler’s devastating diagnosis
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