A student who put her ulcers down to exam stress had to have two-thirds of her tongue removed after it was found to be cancer.
In a bid to give her as normal a life as possible, medics rebuilt Rachel Morton's tongue using her own thigh in a painstakingly delicate 16-hour operation.
Rachel, a keen baker, had ten different surgeries in one sitting to break her jaw, remove two-thirds of her tongue and lymph nodes, as well as her blood supply which can carry malignant cells.
