Woman says cow helped her detect cancer

Published: May 29, 2008 at 6:49 AM
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LINLITHGOW, Scotland, May 29 (UPI) -- A Scottish woman said she is glad a cow rammed its head into her stomach because the injury prompted an examination that revealed she had cancer.

Linlithgow, Scotland, resident Sarah Kerr, 32, was in a pasture feeling stomach pain she blamed on indigestion when a cow head-butted her in the abdomen, the Edinburgh (Scotland) Evening News reported Wednesday.

Kerr said she was surprised to learn the stomach pain she felt prior to the blow from the cow was caused by cervical cancer, the report said.

"If it hadn't been for that accident with the cow I don't know what would have happened," she said.

It is reported if Kerr had waited any longer to treat the cancer, the disease would have likely spread to a highly dangerous level.


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