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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Paige Oldfield

'Doctors told me TWICE the lump on my arm was harmless - now I have incurable cancer'

When Carla Palmer felt a small lump on her left arm three years ago, she did what anyone would do and went to see a doctor.

The 41-year-old, from Salford, was told she probably had a swollen lymph node from a previous infection and the pea-size bump would go down over time.

But when the lump still remained six months later, a friend advised her to seek a second opinion. Unable to sleep from worry, Dolly Parton tribute act Carla went straight to A&E that night.

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