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Ammon News - A woman was given 12 months to live just weeks after breaking her toe.

Sharon Daley was about to fly to Tenerife, Spain, with her sister when she hit her foot against her bed.

Despite the pain, she jetted off on holiday and hobbled around for a week in the sun.

On her return, Sharon went to A&E, where tests revealed her blood level was worryingly low.

Two weeks later, the 55-year-old was diagnosed with stage four stomach cancer.

Initially, doctors hoped they could treat it with surgery.

But on May 17, Sharon received the devastating news that it was incurable.

With chemotherapy, she has 12 months to live, and without it, just three to six.

Sharon, who has opted to try to prolong her life for as long as possible, said: "I was there with my sister and we were gobsmacked."

Looking back, the former charity sector worker, from Brighton, East Sussex, reckons her symptoms started in February - but she thought nothing much of them at the time.

"I felt quite nauseous, which I don't normally suffer from, and I had a bit of a stomach ache, but I didn't pay much attention to either," she said.

In March, she was getting ready to travel to the Canary Islands for seven days when she stubbed her toe against her bed.

Having injured it before and knowing there was "little doctors could do", she didn't get it checked out, hoping the pain would go down while she was away.

Unfortunately, Sharon spent the week "limping in trainers".

When she got back, she still couldn't walk so took herself to hospital on Good Friday to confirm she hadn't broken a bone in her foot.

"While I was there, I mentioned I had some shortness of breath so they did some blood tests and X-rays," she said.

"They identified that my blood level had dropped quite significantly so I ended up having two transfusions, but I didn't really take in what was going on."

Sharon had a follow-up appointment the next week and was admitted to a ward.

Further scans identified she had a stomach ulcer that was bleeding and might be malignant.

Her stomach cancer diagnosis was confirmed two weeks later.

The Sun