Doctors fobbed me off with antibiotics for a harmless UTI but I actually had stage 4 cancer 

A MUM-of-three was stunned to discover she was suffering from stage four bowel cancer – after doctors told her she had a harmless urine infection.

Zoe Gardner-Lawson, 36, suddenly began to feel a constant dull pain in her lower back in August 2024.

SWNSZoe Gardner-Lawson was initially diagnosed with a urinary tract infection[/caption] But the mum-of-three eventually discovered she had stage four bowel cancerSWNS

Her GP diagnosed her with a UTI, and prescribed her five days’ worth of antibiotics.