Georgia O’Connor, an undefeated British boxer, died at the age of 25 just months after revealing that she had been diagnosed with a “rare and aggressive” cancer.
From the beginning I said I thought it was cancer. But no doctor paid any fucking attention to me. No doctor took me seriously
“I was let down, I was told it was nothing, I was made to feel like I was exaggerating. They refused to give me an ultrasound. They refused to investigate. They refused to listen. They could have done something before it got to this point. But they didn’t. Because that’s the NHS: a broken system that fails young people like me time and time again,” Georgia O’Connor said after her diagnosis.
Doctors at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) took 17 weeks to detect the boxer’s cancer, who complained that “from the beginning I said I thought it was cancer. But no doctor listened to me. No doctor took me seriously. Not a single doctor did the scans or blood tests I asked for while I was crying on the floor in agony… They are absolute incompetent rats.”
BoxerGeorgia O’Connor dies two weeks after wedding
The death of young Georgia O’Connor came less than two weeks after she married her partner, Adriano.
“From the moment I was diagnosed with cancer, Adriano didn’t hesitate. He quit his job without a second thought and set out to fight this battle by my side. Not just by my side, but leading the fight, doing everything he could to save me. I’ve never known love like this. A love that doesn’t flinch, that doesn’t break, that doesn’t even hesitate. A love that says, ‘We’ll do it together, no matter what.’ No matter how dark the nights are, no matter how hard the days are, I have him and he has me,” Georgia O’Connor shared on social media to thank her husband for his support.
Georgia O’Connor’s boxing career: she was unbeaten as a professional and her last fight was in 2022
Georgia O’Connor was a standout amateur boxer who won gold at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games, silver at the 2017 World Youth Championships and bronze at the 2018 World Youth Championships.
The British youngster turned professional in 2021 and had a record of three wins and no losses before her cancer diagnosis.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Georgia O’Connor,” shared England Boxing, the Amateur Boxing Association of England.
Her last fight was against Joyce Van Ee in October 2022, which she won on points.
This is how boxer Georgia O’Connor announced she had cancer: “F*** the system that let this happen”
“There’s really no easy way to say this, but I have cancer.
Now that that’s out of the way, it’s time to expose the absolute incompetent rats who have allowed this to happen.
They refused to do an ultrasound. They refused to investigate. They refused to listen. They could have done something before it got to this point
For 17 weeks from the beginning of October, I was in constant pain, going back and forth between Durham and Newcastle RVI A&E knowing deep down that something was very wrong. From the beginning I said I believed it was cancer. I knew the risks. I have colitis and PSC (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis), two diseases that drastically increase the chances of getting it. I know how high my risk is and so do they. They have always known.
But no doctor paid any fucking attention to me.
No doctor took me seriously.
Not a single doctor gave me the scans or blood tests I asked for while I cried on the floor in agony.
Instead, I was dismissed. I was told it was nothing, made to feel like I was exaggerating. They refused to explore me. They refused to investigate. They refused to listen. One even told me that “it was all in my head”.
And now? Now the cancer has spread.
And if that wasn’t enough, all this time there have been blood stains all over my lungs. That alone could have killed me instantly.
They could have done something before it got to this stage. But they didn’t. Because this is the state of the NHS – a broken system that fails young people like me time and time again. A system that makes people suffer, that sends them home in agony, that lets cancer spread while stupid, brainless “doctors” shrug their shoulders.
They can say it’s terminal all they want.
They can tell me I’m going to die.
But after taking 17, seventeen weeks to figure out what was wrong with me, why the fuck would I believe them?
I’m young, I’m fit and I’m stronger than you’ll ever understand. Mentally. Physically. In every way. I keep smiling and that smile will NEVER be erased, no matter what happens.
We already have an amazing oncologist in my case and we have made sure that I am going to have the best possible treatment and healing. Starting now.
Fuck the doctors who failed me.
Fuck the system that let this happen.
And when I beat this like I’ve beaten everything else that’s tried to kill me before, they’re all going to get what they deserve.
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