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Claire Galloway & Iona Young

Scottish dad to learn how to talk and breathe again after voice box cancer removed

A Scottish dad will have to learn to talk, eat and breathe again after his neck was dissected to remove cancer in his voice box.

Jamie Donaldson, 31, has undergone multiple urgent surgeries after a growth in his throat was diagnosed as a rare form of the disease in March.

The dad-of-three, from Kilbirnie in Ayrshire, had been experiencing issues with his breathing, having previously suffered sore throats and agonising pains in his neck and head.

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