‘I had no idea’: Blackout car crash reveals tragic tumour misdiagnosis
A father of a one-and-a-half-year-old couldn’t remember crashing his car. The next day he handed himself over to police and also had a brain scan. The results were heartbreaking.
Adults 30-50
Shortness of breath leads to heartbreaking diagnosis
An SA hairdresser found herself stopping to catch her breath through haircuts — she could never have imagined a few weeks later, she’d receive a life-altering diagnosis.
‘I thought I wouldn’t get to meet my daughter’: Dad’s biggest fear
A family member of a Socceroos star has been dealt a cruel blow, discovering he has cancer while awaiting the arrival of his second daughter.
‘I tried 15 mins of hypnotherapy a day for IBS and it’s life-changing’
Joanna could only book afternoon flights because she spent her mornings on the toilet with crippling IBS – now her life isn’t dictated by her chronic condition.
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Horror discovery in mum-of-seven’s bedroom
It was a night like any other when Clarissa Glen-Norman said she was feeling tired and wanted to lie down. What her partner discovered next was heartbreaking.
‘Guinea pigs’: $56m embryo settlement
An Australian IVF company has settled a $56m class action after destroying embryos in an alleged faulty genetic screening program.
Heartbreaking reason ‘there’s no future’ for Adelaide mum
Emma Stephenson will never see her 11-year-old son make it to high school or watch her older daughter graduate university.
Doctors said my 200bpm heart rate was ‘just anxiety’
Mum-of-three Lauren Pfeiffer would be sitting on the couch and her heart would be beating over 200 beats per minute, but doctors said she had “anxiety”.
She had a 2 per cent chance of relapse, then she found a lump
SA mum Renee Elliott thought she was in the clear, having done everything to eliminate the breast cancer she was diagnosed with five years ago, until she found another lump.
‘Like getting hit with a hammer’: Man’s Parkrun nightmare
A Hillbank man went for a Saturday run, as he normally did, but this day ended in tragedy when he fell unconscious suffering a life-altering medical episode.
‘She isn’t alone’: SA cancer survivors rally behind Ali Clarke
Ali Clarke’s devastating on-air health revelation has hit very close to home for thousands of South Australian women, some of whom have rallied to support the radio personality.
‘We felt broken’: Holiday meal leads to terminal diagnosis
An SA man’s holiday meal led to severe stomach pains – and then a life-changing discovery.
Mum forced to make unthinkable decision amid medical mystery
A northern suburbs mum-of-three has taken her health into her own hands after doctors were unable to discover what was wrong with her.
‘It was his passion’: Sister’s grief over scuba tragedy
When his sister asked Phillip Powell what he loved about diving he told her “it’s just me and the sea”. Then, he got into trouble under Port Noarlunga Jetty.
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