A mum-of-three was devastated to learn her sore throat was actually tonsil cancer.
Lisa Gooddy went through gruelling radiotherapy to treat the disease, leaving her face and neck burnt, as if, she says, it had been "cooked in a microwave", Manchester Evening News reports.
The 51-year-old spotted a white patch on her tonsils in 2019 and got an appointment with her GP, who suspected it was just tonsil stone.