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Misdiagnosed and hoping for a miracle Michelle wanted to fight for her life, and in her words, ‘you have to do what you can to stay alive’.
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A Masterton woman whose terminal cancer was misdiagnosed as an infection has gone to extreme lengths to fight for her life. Michelle Dykstra has travelled almost 10,000km to Thailand to receive integrated cancer treatment not offered in New Zealand. Her life took a turn for the worst on January 18 this year when she was diagnosed with
Michelle Dykstra is receiving potentially lifesaving cancer treatment in Thailand. PHOTO/SUPPLIED
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The Hutt Valley DHB Breast Clinic agreed to see her a week after the biopsy where Michelle was told “it’s not cancer, it’s just soggy tissue”, Anita said. After a surgeon removed stitches in Michelle’s breast wound from the biopsy, Michelle experienced severe swelling. She was in and out of Wairarapa Hospital’s emergency department for weeks due to pain. On December 3, she was wrongly diagnosed with
plasma cell mastitis, a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the breast. She was again told she did not have cancer. By December 17, Michelle’s breast had inflamed to more than three times its usual size and was now purple. A surgeon operated on her to release fluid and do another biopsy. On January 11, Michelle saw another surgeon after Continued on page 3
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