A father-of-five army veteran who was fit and healthy was left in shock when he was told he had stage three cancer. It was initially thought to just be a cyst after Lee Webb battled to be seen by a GP during pandemic pressures.
Lee, 52 and from Bedford, was diagnosed with tongue, tonsil and lymph node cancer in February this year after first noticing symptoms last summer. It set him on a treatment journey that would see him lose 15kg in weight as well as having to learn how to do basic things like eat and drink again.
Lee told BedfordshireLive: “I knew there was something wrong, but when you hear the diagnosis, you automatically think you will die in the next week or so. That’s what goes through your mind.
