
When she had the scan, it was clear, which ruled out the pulmonary embolism, but Mr Grigoriu and Mrs Middleton allege that the prospect of malignancy was not then investigated. She was sent home with blood thinners and told to return two days later for a scan. When she was seen, she had blood samples taken and other tests, which revealed her pain could've been the result of one of two things: malignancy (a cancerous tumour) or a pulmonary embolism (a blocked blood vessel in her lungs). She said she thought she "might be having a heart attack." It was around March 22 last year when Mrs Middleton rushed to A&E with chest pains after being advised to go by a 111 operator. READ MORE: CCTV footage captures moment driver smashed into lamppost narrowly missing mum She probably wouldn't be in the position she is in now and on end-of-life care if they'd have investigated it two months earlier. Her husband, Marius Grigoriu, said: "The fact that now, barring some kind of miracle, we're almost certainly going to lose Sarah, is horrendous. She says she was told that nothing was wrong. Sarah Middleton, 48, was diagnosed with an advanced form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma in May 2022.īut just two months before, in March, she'd twice visited the A&E department at Royal Derby Hospital after suffering from sudden, sharp chest pains. A Derbyshire mum-of-two has been told she has just weeks to live she says doctors sent her home twice and dismissed her symptoms.
