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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Danny Rigg & David Kent

Mam's pain 'like nagging toothache' revealed to be devastating incurable cancer after doctor visit

A 72-year-old mother has revealed the early stages of her cancer diagnosis began with her feeling a pain "like nagging toothache".

Margie Shields was diagnosed around 20 years ago with breast cancer, having already watched her mother and her sister battle with the disease.

Since that day, she's undergone over 300 chemotherapy treatments.

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