A Leeds woman whose bowel, bladder and uterus were removed due to a rare cancer is set to run a half -marathon less than a year post-op.
Courtney Blake, 27, suffered with a rare and aggressive 'melon-sized tumour' - know as angiomyxoma - with only 150 recorded cases since the 1980s. She battled through a long bout of the disease, described as a "rare type of soft tissue tumour".
The 27-year-old graphic designer from Leeds is now six months post-op after she had a 16-hour surgery in November last year to remove a "cantaloupe-sized tumour" removed, including the removal of her bowel, bladder, uterus and "whole vagina."
