{"id":28181,"date":"2025-05-24T15:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28181"},"modified":"2025-05-24T15:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T15:18:26","slug":"fit-and-healthy-dad-dies-two-weeks-on-from-cancer-diagnosis-after-doctors-dismissed-symptoms-as-constipation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=28181","title":{"rendered":"‘Fit and healthy’ dad dies two weeks on from cancer diagnosis after doctors dismissed symptoms as ‘constipation’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A stepdad sadly passed away from cancer, just weeks after his diagnosis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beth Hunt, 42, from the\u00a0UK<\/a>, lost her stepdad Ronnie Haston in April last year, two weeks after he was admitted to\u00a0hospital<\/a>\u00a0with concerning symptoms.<\/p>\n

Ronnie was 68 and had been suffering after suddenly becoming unwell weeks earlier.<\/p>\n

Despite visiting the doctor, Ronnie’s symptoms were put down to constipation and he was offered a blood test two weeks later.<\/p>\n

But unfortunately, while waiting for the tests, Ronnie’s condition deteriorated and his partner, Anne, took him to the emergency room.<\/p>\n

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Doctors put Ronnie’s symptoms down to constipation (SWNS)<\/cite><\/div>\n

At hospital, tests showed his kidney function had plummeted to just 14 per cent. Meanwhile, Ronnie had extremely high calcium levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was two weeks from admission to hospital until he died,” said Beth.<\/p>\n

“He was fit and healthy, he had no underlying health conditions.<\/p>\n

“It was a complete shock to us all. He didn\u2019t get to enjoy one day of retirement with my mum or do any of the future they had planned together.<\/p>\n

“It started with constipation, which the GP gave him laxatives for. He was really fatigued and had muscle pain.<\/p>\n

“He just didn\u2019t look right.”<\/p>\n

Ronnie was diagnosed with\u00a0myeloma<\/a>, a form of blood cancer, but sadly died after becoming unwell with pneumonia.<\/p>\n

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Ronnie and Anne (SWNS)<\/cite><\/div>\n

\u201cThey\u2019d said he would start chemo and they had a full plan,\u201d said Beth.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said he would be a good candidate for a stem cell transplant.<\/p>\n

“He ended up having two lots of chemo whist very unwell with pneumonia and then two days later he died.<\/p>\n

“He pretty much went into multi-organ failure. It\u2019s shocking, completely shocking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not people\u2019s fault, it\u2019s the system\u2019s fault. The catalogue of errors, the wait.<\/p>\n

“We kept saying, \u2018He needs a blood test\u2019, but he couldn\u2019t get a blood test for two weeks.<\/p>\n

“In this day and age how is that acceptable?<\/p>\n

“If somebody is unwell, you need the blood test now. Even in hospital, it was all too little too late.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big thing for me is educating GPs. The symptoms of myeloma are sometimes non-descript and not obvious.<\/p>\n

“You could put them down to muscle ache and being tired, but these should be red flags for a GP, especially in someone with no underlying conditions and having never been to a GP apart from with cellulitis from mosquito bites.<\/p>\n

“If Ronnie hadn\u2019t been so unwell by the time he got into hospital, he would have been in a better position to fight it.”<\/p>\n

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Ronnie with Beth and Anne (SWNS)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Beth will be running the Edinburgh Marathon in memory of Ronnie, raising money for Myeloma UK.<\/p>\n

\u201cI signed up to the Edinburgh Marathon on the evening of Ronnie\u2019s funeral,” she said.<\/p>\n

“When I ran a 10-mile eight years ago, mum and Ronnie were my biggest supporters.<\/p>\n

“They ran across Edinburgh to meet me at as many points as they could.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s my first marathon, but when I decide to do something I do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know I can do at least half but I\u2019ll probably have to push through the last six miles.<\/p>\n

“I think of Ronnie and my mum when I run \u2013 the last year without him has been awful for her.<\/p>\n

“If she can wake up without him and can put one foot in front of the other then I can take it one step at a time too.”<\/p>\n

Beth paid tribute to Ronnie, who had been part of her life since she was 19.<\/p>\n

“You don\u2019t realise the impact someone had until you lose them,” she said.<\/p>\n

“He was a gentle man. He was always someone you could lean on. He\u2019d never judge, he\u2019d always support you and just show up.”<\/p>\n

You can visit Beth’s JustGiving page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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