Kerri Laird began suffering from extreme fatigue, hair loss, heart palpitations, trouble swallowing and lumps on her neck, among other symptoms, in June 2025, according to Kennedy News and Media.<\/p>\n
She visited her doctor six times between June and July, but Laird, 35, said doctors told her that her extreme tiredness was from being a “busy mom,” and that her symptoms were likely from a “virus.”<\/p>\n
“I was experiencing extreme tiredness, my hair was falling out, and I just wasn’t right,” Laird recalled. “I went to the doctors about that, and they didn’t do anything.”<\/p>\n
Still, Laird explained she “kept going back” to the doctors, but when she finally determined she “wasn’t getting anywhere,” she decided to pay for a private scan for herself.<\/p>\n
Laird’s scan revealed “very suspicious” lymph nodes and multiple nodules on her thyroid, but her biopsy came back clear. Doctors then scheduled her next visit for six months later.<\/p>\n
However, Laird, from Manchester, U.K., continued to experience pain. “I went back to the doctors again about 12 times, but they just kept telling me there was nothing they could do, and I would have to wait for my follow-up scan,” she said.<\/p>\n
“I was just getting ignored, and it was just really annoying, because, obviously, they just weren’t taking it seriously at all,” Laird claimed.<\/p>\n
She added, “I knew something was wrong, but the more they were telling me [there wasn’t], I was starting to think it was in my head, because they were making out it was.”<\/p>\n
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Kerri Laird in a hospital bed.
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Laird eventually had her second private scan in December 2025. It found that the lymph nodes and nodules had grown.<\/p>\n
“I ended up at the hospital, having an ultrasound and seeing an ENT consultant,” she said.<\/p>\n
Laird claimed doctors told her that her symptoms couldn’t be cancer, and that her lymph nodes were swollen because her children were picking up germs and passing them on to her.<\/p>\n
“I said to them, ‘Can you just do the biopsy, even if it’s just for peace of mind?’ ” she recalled.<\/p>\n
After the second biopsy, Laird was given a shocking diagnosis: she had thyroid cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the Mayo Clinic<\/a>, the disease is found in the thyroid gland, located at the base of the neck, and symptoms can include a neck lump and hoarse voice, trouble swallowing and breathing, as well as a sore throat.<\/p>\n
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