23-year-old Mia McCain has been diagnosed with two types cancer After suspecting that he was pregnant. According to the newspaper Mirror, a resident of Belfast, Northern Ireland, was admitted to hospital after her heart was racing.
After several hours of examination, Mia revealed on an X-ray that there was a shadow around her heart. At first, doctors said it might be an infection. They also excluded pregnancy.
However, in further tests, the young woman received the sad news that she had stage 2 Hodgkin lymphoma and thyroid cancer, as well as stage 2.
“I was 95 percent sure I was pregnant,” Mia said recently on social media. According to her, when she faced the test result, the doctors were reluctant to tell the news.
“I was working the day they called to tell me I had cancer,” he said. “If I hadn’t gone to the hospital that day with heart and lung cancer, I might have died of a heart attack,” he recalls.
After months of treatment, the good news: the tumors were gone. Mia said she cried at the news.
“The moment was something I can’t put into words. I was incredibly proud of myself. Grateful for life, happy and excited,” she said.
With over 10,000 followers, Mia shares moments from her journey and hopes to help others. “It’s all a matter of mindset. I quickly realized that sharing my story and helping others makes it all worthwhile. Show the other girls that they are not alone in their battles. That was my goal.”