Mother-of-two, 33, is told she only has one month to live after she is diagnosed with cancer following visit to the doctor for stomach pains
- Tara Mason, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has bowel, liver and lung cancer
- She is spending her final weeks in a hospice and has to say goodbye to her kids
- Ms Mason diagnosed after six months of back-and-forth medical appointments
- She spent a year on chemotherapy, during which cancer spread to her ovaries
- The mother-of-two had operation to remove cyst that was eight inches wide
A mother-of-two has been told she has only a month to live after she was diagnosed with cancer following a visit to the doctor about stomach pains.
Tara Mason, 33, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has cancer in her bowel, liver and lungs and has been told by doctors there is nothing more they can do for her.
She is spending her final weeks in a hospice and faces the ordeal of having to say goodbye to her children, Tia, 13, and Kacey, 10.
Mother-of-two Tara Mason, 33, from Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has been told she has only a month to live after she was diagnosed with cancer following a visit to the doctor about stomach pains. Pictured: Ms Mason with her youngest daughter Kacey, 10
Ms Mason has cancer in her bowel, liver and lungs and has been told by doctors there is nothing more they can do for her. Pictured: Ms Mason with Kacey and her eldest daughter Tia, 13
Her sister Kellie, 23, said Ms Mason’s condition has deteriorated to the point where she can ‘no longer see my sister when I look at her,’ the Liverpool Echo reports.
The cause of Ms Mason’s stomach pain was diagnosed after six months of back-and-forth medical appointments.
She immediately faced the challenge of a year of chemotherapy.
During this time, she was also told the cancer had spread to her ovaries, meaning that she needed an operation to remove a cyst eight inches wide.
She is spending her final weeks in a hospice and faces the ordeal of having to say goodbye to her children
Her sister Kellie (left), 23, said Ms Mason’s condition has deteriorated to the point where she can ‘no longer see my sister when I look at her’
But Ms Mason, who used to work in health and beauty, has now been told she has just one month left to live.
Kellie said: ‘When it first started she thought she would get rid of it, it will be fine and she started spending more time with the kids.
‘We never saw her cry about it, she just carried on. She was more worried about the kids. Everyone just kept saying she was so strong.’
However, despite being told that her cancer had spread, Ms Mason did not change her behaviour around her children.
She added: ‘Throughout all this time she was so lively and the kids couldn’t tell any difference with her.’
Ms Mason’s family are now trying to raise funds so that Ms Mason’s children can have a ‘nice life’ and so that her funeral can be a ‘good send off’. Pictured: Her sister Kellie
She added: ‘Her oldest daughter knows what’s going on and she’s seeing a counsellor.
‘The youngest one has cried, but she can’t really understand that she’s not going to be here any more.
‘We don’t know how much longer she has, but we think it’s going to be soon.’
The family are now trying to raise funds so that Ms Mason’s children can have a ‘nice life’ and so that her funeral can be a ‘good send off’.
Kellie has set up a gofundme page and said that while the family should not have to be worrying about money at this time, they are forced to do so.
So far, just over £5,000 has been raised.