Brit mum battling most cancers caught in Dubai fears lacking therapy on account of WW3 missiles assaults
Lindsay Stone says she is desperate to get back to Britain so she can begin her treatment for her stage three cancer which she has only just been diagnosed with a few weeks ago
Lindsay and husband Paul are stuck in Dubai
A British woman is begging for help as she remains stuck in Dubai while battling stage three cancer. Lindsay Stone is desperate to get home to begin life saving chemotherapy for a rare form of lung cancer on Friday.
The mum fears her health is deteriorating as she battles stress while being stuck out in the Middle East. All flights home have been cancelled after conflict erupted across the Gulf in the wake of the US-Israeli war with Iran almost a week ago.
Lindsay, 47, who has never smoked before her diagnosis a few weeks ago, travelled to Dubai for a break before her treatment was due to start. She is scared she won’t be back in time for her first scheduled session and the implications for her long term health.
Lindsay, from Plymouth, Devon, husband Paul, 54, and daughter Summer, 11, are all staying in a hotel on The Palm near Jebel Ali Port which was affected by debris from an intercepted missile. “I only got diagnosed at the beginning of February,” she said.
“I’ve not been sick with it at all. I haven’t started any treatment yet. My doctor said it was OK for us to travel for a short break before starting chemo and I was booked in for Friday.
“Obviously we are now stuck in Dubai with no information about how we are getting home or when.”
The mum said she is trying to put a brave face on but is terrified and now just wants to get home to the UK.
“I am getting chest pains from the stress,” she admitted. “It’s mostly anxiety thinking the cancer is getting worse without treatment. I feel like my health is getting worse.
“For me it is really stressful and if something happens to me or I go downhill, what do we do? I just want to get home and start my chemotherapy. And my life actually does depend on it.”
Lindsay added that the ongoing war battles overhead are also not helping her. She said: “There was a drone intercepted above the hotel on Saturday, which was scary. Saturday night was very turbulent but it has been quiet since.
“Some friends of ours moved from the hotel we are in to a different area and they received new alerts on their phones to take cover. Thankfully, we have not where we are.”
A Virgin Airways flight was booked for Wednesday, (March 4), but Lindsay had no idea if the flight would actually take off. Speaking on Tuesday she said: “At the moment Virgin says our flight is still going ahead. But I’m not sure if it will be going.”
Husband Paul added: “It’s frustrating. My wife is obviously desperate to get home and start her chemotherapy, and panicking that every day she misses the chemo things are going to get worse.
“So it’s not a good place to be. We haven’t had a lot of sleep. There are a lot of fighter jets going across the skies and drones being shot down.
“That was quite intense, and when you have a young family, they are panicking a bit to say the least.”
Paul said he was doing everything he can to support his wife and 11-year-old daughter. “Obviously, when you have bombs going off, she does get frightened,” he said.
“For my wife, with everything she’s been going through already, this is an issue she doesn’t really need in any way, shape or form.”
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