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Doctors dismissed my leg pain as sciatica. I've now been diagnosed with terminal cancer at 23: There were subtle warning signs in the bathroom and at night... that were left too late

Daily Mail Health · 22 August 2026 at 15:40

Doctors dismissed my leg pain as sciatica. I've now been diagnosed with terminal cancer at 23: There were subtle warning signs in the bathroom and at night... that were left too late

Maddy Stikeleather was working a bar job and setting in motion plans to move to South Korea to teach English when a pain in her leg suddenly erupted.

What happened next changed everything.

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Doctors dismissed my leg pain as sciatica. I've now been diagnosed with terminal cancer at 23: There were subtle warning signs in the bathroom and at night... that were left too late

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