Nikita in hospital (Image: Jam Press/@livinglifewithbc) A fit and healthy mum, who initially believed her bowel cancer was IBS, admits she feels like a fraud when people call her an "inspiration". Mum-of-two Nikita Williamson, 37, underwent an operation to remove a cancerous tumour in October 2023, along with her cervix, ovaries and uterus. This followed a shock diagnosis which revealed the two key symptoms she'd been struggling with - bloating and bloody stools - were not caused by piles or a chronic digestive condition, but were actually cancer.
Prior to the surgery, she had already undergone six rounds of gruelling cancer treatment. Thankfully, the surgery has been a success and Nikita is currently in a stage that specialists call 'No Evidence of Disease' (NED). Despite this, the 37 year old says she is "changed forever", adding: "I'm still overcoming the hardest obstacle and that is learning who I am now - accepting the new normal," Speaking exclusively to NeedToKnow, Nikita, from Ipswich, said: "I will never be the person I was before diagnosis.
I often get called inspirational due to the way I have handled my diagnosis, but I wish people understood how much of a fraud this makes me feel." She continued: "To me, being inspirational is doing something you don't have to do for no other reason than to give back and make the world a better place." function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.
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