Olivia Williams has opened its horrific journey with pancreatic cancer, and revealed that she had suffered from years of wrong and dismissed diagnosis by doctors. A professional trained British actress now supports the upcoming TCS London Marathon Association for this year, the UK's Panther, which calls for a cheap test that would lead to the previous disclosure of the disease.
Talk to Times in the United Kingdom In a new interview, Crown Star discussed her experience with Vipoma (intestinal peptide secretion tumor in the blood vessels), a rare tumor of the neurological deaf glands of the pancreas that was discovered in 1 of every million people annually. It is difficult to diagnose pancreatic cancer early, among the most common types of cancer.
Williams said that she had suffered from symptoms for the first time a decade ago, and eventually started a four -year journey as she visited 10 doctors in three countries to reach the root of her illness. She remembered her wrong diagnosis with lupus, chopped interruption and other forms of cancer. This was not even a gastroenterologist in Los Angeles, “which was like a bone dog” tested for a rare hormone, ordered the tomato scanning and biopsy that was discovered.
“If someone diagnosed me well in the four years that I was saying I was sick, when they told me that I was menopause or nerve bowel syndrome or [was] Crazy-I used this recommended word because one of the doctors referred me to a psychological evaluation-then it is likely that there is one process that has cleared everything and I can describe myself as cancer-free, which is what I can now be. ” Sand dunes: prophecy Star said.
Since then, she has had several procedures to remove the tumor, along with sections of pancreas, spleen, gallbladder and liver. However, by this point, the tumor had spread.
She explained that “the metastasis has appeared.” “So we were playing what-a-mole every time they appeared.”
Williams, also known for her work in Wes Anderson Spray And M. Night Shyamalan's The sixth meaningHe was taking medications to reduce the growth of cancer cells and undergo routine examination. Through the targeted internal radiotherapy, Williams described the treatment including cases in which “people come in Hazmat suits with a major box of radioactive material, which they pump inside me and become radioactive”, which forced her to isolation from all human connections for two weeks.
“It is supposed to buy me, perhaps a year, perhaps two or three years, from freedom from treatment. In the best scenario he would have done [the metastases] She disappears, but this did not happen. “
While the actress said that it was “very late” for her, she warned those over the age of 40 years not to keep their health, adding: “This is the place where I feel emotion but I am not looking for sympathy, I am looking for a cheap early test.”
