Lauren Jennings was just two months away from her wedding day when she was diagnosed
A mum was left in 'unbearable pain' and battling PTSD after she was diagnosed with a rare tumour in her BUM just two months before her wedding day.
Due to the rare nature of the disease, Lauren was scheduled for her operation with one of 'only two surgeons in the UK able to perform it' in July that same year.The surgeon removed part of her coccyx, which had previously become deformed but her bowel was punctured during the operation, which caused an infection. The mum was forced to to spend the next few weeks recovering in hospital.
For a long time, Lauren also felt burdened by a strong sense of guilt for not being as able as she once was. She said: “At times I thought about how unfair it has all been. She had nightmares about the tumour returning and tragically, it did. She said: "My anxiety was at its peak as I was so worried I would have to go through another operation.
"The recovery was my hardest yet; a year later I was still on a high amount of pain medication and struggling with intense exhaustion. Even now, on my darkest and most painful days, I find it hard to rebuild myself and feel worlds away from the person I was just over two years ago.
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