PEr years, Olivia Williams looked for an answer, without ever really stopping. A tortuous path, marked by wrong diagnosis and uncertainties that forced her to live with the suspicion that something serious was happening to her body. Only after four years of unsuccessful investigationsthe actress who played Camilla Parker Bowles in the series The Crown he found that what he really had was Pancreas cancernow in an advanced phase. In one shocking revelation, told in a long interview a The TimesOlivia Williams, 56, has opened a window on her struggle, not only against the disease, but also against a system that too often does not listen to the rumors of those who are suffering.
The “Calvary” of Olivia Williams, four years of wrong diagnosis
It took four years. An infinity in which Olivia Williams searched for answers for her persistent symptoms. Frustrated, he received medical opinions of all kinds. Punctually incorrect. Today, his anger for the lost time is palpable: «If someone had diagnosed me with the disease in the four years in which I said I was sick, Instead of telling me that I was in menopause or that I had the irritable intestine syndrome or that I was crazy – I used this word to a view because a doctor directed me for one psychiatric evaluation – At that time An operation could have resolved everything And I could have defined myself free from cancer, which I will never be able to be now ».
The response: pancreas cancer
The crude truth has come: a pancreas tumor. But the lost time was devastating. When the tumor was found, the disease was already widespread. He revealed: «When the doctors removed the tumor, This had already spread to the liverwhich, as anyone involved in a life made of cancer knows, It’s the worst news».
Unfortunately, Olivia Williams’ struggle is not over. The discovery of new metastatic cells is a recurring “bad news”. The anguish is tangible: «They found new metastases just before Christmas or in the middle of the summer holidays. Then, for three years in a row, they started a appear too close to the main blood vessels to be eliminated. So there was a period in which We were sitting to look at them grow, a horrible feeling».
Olivia Williams: “I would like quick and cheap tests against cancer”
His is not an appeal to pity, but one Request for change. His experience wants to encourage research and improve diagnostics. His goal: “I would like quick and cheap tests to detect cancer” at the pancreasso that others do not live Calvary. Early diagnosis, underlines, is essential.
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