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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Dan Haygarth

Man who thought he wasn't ill had 'life saved' after appointment

A man who thought he wasn't ill had his life saved by a regulation lung scan.

Gordon Darnell, from Croxteth, attended a lung health scan despite not feeling ill at all. However, he was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer following his appointment.

After surgery in January, Gordon was able to go on holiday just eight weeks later. He said he was never ill, not before his diagnosis, through his treatment or now, because the scan picked up his cancer so early.

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