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Laura Morgan had more than 20 appointments but it wasn’t until she demanded to see another doctor that the devastating truth emerged\"ALaura in December, 2025, after her second round of treatment (Image: Laura Morgan)<\/p>\n

A mum who claims her symptoms were dismissed by doctors for two years has now been diagnosed with stage four cancer. Laura Morgan, from the Neath area, said she had been back and forth to doctors \u201cabout 20 times\u201d before she was diagnosed with a type of advanced lymphoma in July, 2025.<\/p>\n

Prior to her diagnosis, Laura felt doctors did not examine her properly, misdiagnosed her with a chest infection, and even mixed up her medical notes with those of another patient on more than one occasion.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old said she was sharing her story as a cautionary tale to encourage people to be persistent if they felt dismissed by a health professional. She said: \u201cAsk to speak to a different doctor, go to a different surgery, keep going.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know when something is wrong with your body. If you feel there is something wrong with your body and that doctor doesn\u2019t listen to you, seek someone else’s advice.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlways fight for your rights because if you don’t, you could end up dead.\u201d Stay informed on everything Neath Port Talbot by signing up to our newsletter here<\/a><\/p>\n

\"ALaura encourages people to ‘keep going’ if they are worried about their health(Image: Supplied by Laura Morgan)<\/p>\n

Laura explained that her nightmare began as far back as late 2022. She was pregnant and had developed a cough, although at this point she was not worried it might be anything sinister.<\/p>\n

She told WalesOnline: \u201cI had been down the doctors during my pregnancy about the cough. At the beginning we had some dampness in the house so we thought that was causing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Laura said the cough did not go away and she developed more worrying symptoms. She claimed she went to see a doctor on a number of occasions but felt \u201cpalmed off\u201d.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI kept going to the doctors saying I had this really bad cough, I felt really unwell and I had no energy. My legs hurt, my body hurt and I just felt different. I was sweating loads in the night and my cough wouldn\u2019t go away.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey told me I was sweating because I had just had a baby and that I had a cough because I just wasn\u2019t well,” she claimed. She said she felt, “they were palming me off, but I know that I felt different.”<\/p>\n

Laura said around this time she had an unrelated operation, following which she had an appointment and it claimed it became clear that her medical notes had been mixed up with those of a different patient.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Laura said: \u201cI kept going back because my legs weren\u2019t working properly, I had lost loads of weight and the life had been sucked out of me. I had also lost a stone and a half.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctor said it was because I had had an operation or because I had had a baby. I was saying it\u2019s not because of those reasons.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said: \u2018I understand what you are saying but these are things I\u2019ve dealt with throughout my life, and these symptoms are not normal for me. You need to listen to me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ALaura with her family. L-R: Zane her oldest son, her partner Jamie, her youngest son vinnie, Laura, her eldest Jess and her partner Alfie. Her youngest daughter Thea is in the front(Image: Supplied by Laura Morgan)<\/p>\n

Laura said she developed back pain and found lumps in her neck, and so she booked another doctor appointment as advised by the NHS<\/a> when new lumps are found.<\/p>\n

However, she felt her doctor did not examine her properly. Her notes were also mixed up with those of another patient yet again, she claimed.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI went back again because I had lumps in my neck and I had a really bad pain in my back that wouldn\u2019t go away. It wasn\u2019t a mild pain, it was a pain I couldn\u2019t bear and nothing would take the pain away. I found the lumps in my neck when I was trying to massage the pain away.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could feel that these lumps were getting bigger and then more little lumps were coming.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had developed a big lump at the front of my neck and I was trying to explain [to the doctor] that I couldn\u2019t breathe properly because of the back of my throat and cough.”<\/p>\n

She claimed: \u201cThe doctor wouldn\u2019t feel the lumps on my neck, he wouldn\u2019t listen to my chest, but he said I have a chest infection.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said: \u2018But I have lumps in my neck,\u2019 and he said: \u2018Yes, you have a chest infection.\u2019 When I pointed to the lump in the front of my neck, which was easily visible, he said again that I just had an infection. He gave me antibiotics and so I went to the chemist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Symptoms of lymphoma according to the NHSSymptoms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most common symptom of non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a painless swelling in a lymph node, usually in the neck, armpit or groin.<\/p>\n

But it’s highly unlikely you have non-Hodgkin lymphoma if you have swollen lymph nodes, as these glands often swell as a response to infection.<\/p>\n

Some people with non-Hodgkin lymphoma also have other, more general symptoms.<\/p>\n

These can include:<\/p>\n