“If you have cancer, I will eat my hat!” These were the words spoken by a GP to Diana Altoft, a Lincolnshire mum who later died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 46. Her tragic story highlights the urgent need for better awareness and diagnosis of this deadly disease, which has a 5-year survival rate of less than 8%.
Diana’s journey began with abdominal pains in 2015, initially misdiagnosed as gynaecological issues. Despite multiple visits to her GP and various incorrect diagnoses, it wasn’t until Diana herself insisted on an ultrasound scan that her stage-4 pancreatic cancer was discovered. By then, it was too late for life-saving surgery.
33 roads in Lincolnshire remain closed after flooding caused by Storm Babet over the past week.
Meanwhile, 8 flood warnings and 16 flood alerts remain in place across Lincolnshire, with the Environment Agency monitoring the situation.
The ongoing road closures are reported at:
Waterloo Lane, Skellingthorpe
B1399 Lincoln Road, Fulnetby
Long Leys Road, Lincoln
B1195 Great Steeping
Main Road, Aby
Roughton Road, Kirkby on Bain
Main Street, Kirkby on Bain
Beck Street, Digby
Billingborough Road, Folkingham
Heath Lane, Great Ponton
High Street, North Scarle
Chapel Lane, North Scarle
School Lane, North Scarle
Eagle Road, North Scarle
Church Lane, North Scarle
Craypool Lane, Scothern
Fen Lane, Dunston
Moor Lane, Potterhanworth
Fen Lane, Mareham Le Fen
Waterside South, Lincoln
Waterside North, Lincoln
Beckingham Road, Stapleford
West Bank, Saxilby
Balmoral Avenue, Spalding
Main Road, Low Toynton
Ferry Road, Short Ferry
Nelthorpe Street, Lincoln
Napier Street, Lincoln
Sibthorp Street, Lincoln
Wharton Road, Blyton
Monson Street, Lincoln
Mareham on the Hill, Scrivelsby
Lincoln Road, Washingborough
The advice from Lincolnshire County Council: Please do not drive through flood water. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue has dealt with 14 incidents of vehicles becoming trapped after driving through floods; you do not want to be next.
The flood warnings also cover Fiskerton, near Lincoln, where residents there is damage to two sections of the River Witham bank at Fiskerton.
At present, the bank is still holding the river water in, although the 70 households that have been advised to evacuate are urged not to return while the risk still remains.
