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‘I said “I’ve got cancer” then I went numb’
LOUISE MATLOCK
Age: 46 From: Wiltshire Job: Property management Marital status: Married to Francis with one daughter
‘We’d all just recovered from a bout of flu but shortly afterwards I found a lump in my neck which felt like the size of a pea. I ignored it for three
Louise, 46, explains how she rst got the dreaded verdict seven years ago, having found a lump in her neck following a bout of u
weeks but it grew bigger and by the time I went to see the GP, it had grown to the size of a cherry tomato. ‘She said it was an inflamed lymph node and prescribed antibiotics but, even after I’d finished the course, the lump didn’t go down. I’d never been ill before but in my heart of hearts I knew what it was. So I went back to the GP, stamped my foot a bit and insisted that they refer me to a consultant. When I saw him he looked in my mouth and told me
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