Mum thought she was just ‘very tired’ before being given devastating diagnosis [Video]

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When Cathy Hunt first started to feel “very tired” she thought it was just caused by an infection. The mum-of-four was not far from her 50th birthday and had no other “obvious” symptoms.

But just days before reaching the big 5-0 her “world was turned upside down”. A scan revealed the devastating truth – that she had lung cancer.

Recalling her diagnosis, she told Express.co.uk: “There are no words that can describe the fear, sorrow and shame I felt.”

Cathy, from County Durham, had started smoking at the age of just 11, to fit in.

“At that time everybody did,” she said. “Like other girls my age I thought it made me cool and grown up to smoke.

Cathy Hunt was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of 49 (Image: Getty Images)

“Obviously at the age of 11 I was not aware when I took that first draw of a cigarette how addictive and …