Eileen kept getting a lump in her throat, thinking it was a swollen gland, so she went to the doctors where she received antibiotics. The lump kept getting bigger, so she went to her local hospital where they found abnormal cells in her mouth and throat.
‘They never say it is cancer, they just say it is abnormal cells. So I had to ask, does that mean I’ve got cancer and they said yes.’
18 months after surgery and radiotherapy, she was sent to a consultant surgeon at the dental hospital where she was told about a trial of hyperbaric oxygen treatment.
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