‘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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Heartbreaking reason father-of-two has planned his own funeral
A father-of-two has been forced to plan his own funeral after he found an unusual lump on the side of his neck.
‘I’m petrified’: NDIS ignores pleas by mum of severely disabled son
A 65-year-old mother has called out the NDIS for failing to review her severely disabled son’s funding plan after a much-needed surgery meant she can’t care for him.
Woman told she’s 24 weeks pregnant – but it wasn’t a baby
A gynaecologist told mum-of-two Natasha Van Eck her uterus was measuring 24 weeks pregnant. Four months later, she needed urgent surgery.
Eye sewn shut: Mum’s shock diagnosis at lash appointment
A young Adelaide mum-of-four was forced to have her eye sewn shut after her beauty appointment led to a terrifying health diagnosis.
Mum’s shock find while breastfeeding daughter
Mum Jacqui Faliszewski was breastfeeding when she noticed something unusual. She was “absolutely devastated” by what happened next.
‘Courageous’: Diabetes and then death at just 40
Diabetes is more than an annoying illness. The cruel disease cut Kingsley Hage’s life far too short – aged just 40.
‘Told it would fix itself’: Scary symptom dismissed by doctor
Sara-Jayne Edmunds became vegan in an attempt to fix her unrelenting bowel problems. But the cause was much more sinister.
‘I thought three things when doctors told me I had cancer’
Single mum Katrina Mudge says her GP ignored her symptoms – even when she knew something was very wrong. This was her reaction when she was diagnosed with stage four cancer.
‘Like a Tic Tac under my skin’: SA woman’s grim diagnosis inspires a movement
Linda Howell felt a Tic Tac-shaped lump under her skin when pregnant with her second son – months later she found out it could kill her. Now that find has inspired a lifesaving movement.
Desperate measures: SA patients needing lifesaving treatment look overseas
People suffering from life-threatening diseases such as blood cancer are increasingly reliant on donors living overseas to facilitate lifesaving treatments.
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