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Lawyer Has Life-Threatening Cervical Cancer after Ignoring Smear Tests Because She Was 'Too Busy' Being Working Mum

Mum of two Jenny Croston, 38, not going for the examination is her "biggest regret" as she battles a tumour the size of a satsuma.

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A medical lawyer has told how she is suffering life-threatening cervical cancer after ignoring smear tests because she was “too busy” being a working mum.

Jenny Croston, 38, of Leeds, is currently receiving treatment for stage 2B cervical cancer after being diagnosed with a tumour the size of a satsuma.

Her warnings come as a British Heart Foundation (BHF) study showed two fifths (41%) of workers felt their job has had a negative impact on their health with a fifth (21%) of employees fearing their stress levels could lead to a heart attack.

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Ironically health workers are among the worst for not seeing the doctor.

Almost half (46%) of all health workers have put their own health and wellbeing at risk by putting off visiting a doctor, according to the BHF's research.

The BHF polled over 1,300 UK workers and found more than eight out of ten (81%) workers in the industry had gone into work despite feeling too unwell to do their job.

Almost a quarter (24%) had postponed hospital appointments because of their job, while more than one in ten (12%) have missed a routine check-up.

With two boys, Tom, five, and George, two, and a part-time job as a medical lawyer, Mrs Croston struggled to find the time to attend one planned appointment and then forgot to book another.

Now she has to wait until the end of December (2014) to find out if her treatment has worked.

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“Not going for a smear is my biggest regret," Mrs Croston said.

"My time outside work was hugely precious and not something to 'waste' on things like visiting the doctor, particularly when I was feeling well.

"Although the firm I worked for would have had no issue with me taking time from work to attend a GP appointment, I always had work that seemed to be a priority.”

But she eventually visited the doctor this summer on the advice of her dentist husband, Andy, after bleeding following sex.

Medics referred her to hospital and within three weeks she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer which had spread to connective tissues.

Mrs Croston is now undergoing chemo-radiation and brachytherapy (internal radiotherapy) because the tumour cannot be safely removed through surgery.

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Doctors have told her she has a 60per cent survival rate over the next five years.

"Being given a four in ten chance when you’ve got two young children is devastating," Mrs Croston, who studied at university in Leeds, said.

"I think my chance of survival would've been much higher if I'd had smears earlier.

"But when you're a mum with young children, unless there is something seriously wrong with you then you don't focus on yourself.

“I've always been quite healthy so there's an element of thinking cancer would never happen to me.

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