Yahoo News Heartbreak as mum, 40, tragically dies three years after complaining of pain in nose
A 'bubbly' mum has tragically died three years after complaining of a pain in her nose and being wrongly diagnosed with sinusitis.
Katie Froggatt first started to suffer with a pain in her nose in June 2021, the Liverpool Echo reports. The mum, from Southport, went to the doctors where medics put the pain down to sinusitis.
Months later, she was diagnosed with 'aggressive' sinus cancer and had to have her nose removed. Tragically, after battling the disease and raising money to travel to America for treatment, Katie died last Friday (June 28) aged 40, leaving behind her husband Ste and her daughter Myla.
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Katie, who was described by loved ones as the 'bubbliest person you will ever meet', was first diagnosed with sinusitis in June 2021. Speaking previously to the Echo last year, her best friend Nicola Patterson said: "At the start of June 2021 she was complaining of what she thought was sinusitis.
"She was put on antibiotics but it turned out to be sinus cancer. From June to December she just got put on antibiotics and thought she had polyps.
"In January last year she got diagnosed with sinus cancer, an aggressive cancer, and had an operation to have part of her nose removed. It's now come back despite having major operations as well as radiotherapy.
"She was going to get her nose reconstructed but in September last year, it came back. Then in December, she had to have her nose removed.
"The cancer has now spread to her lungs. It's awful. She needs a prosthetic nose and she's trying another round of radiotherapy on her lungs."
Katie was a hairdresser before her diagnosis in 2022 but was left unable to work while she received treatment. After more than a year of fundraising to get Katie to America for treatment, she sadly died last Friday surrounded by her loved ones.
Nicola, who was friends with Katie for 25 years, posted on social media paying tribute to her best friend. She wrote: "If love could have saved you you would have lived forever.
"My heart is broken, I already want you back. You fought so hard to the end, sleep tight bez.
"Life will never be the same. Thank you for loving me as much as I loved you true soul sisters our memories will live with me forever and get me through the hard days.
"Keep thinking of your unforgettable laugh . Till we meet again. I promise we will look after Ste and Myla, we will help them through and all the the family too. Sleep tight."
