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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Ramazani Mwamba

Woman who felt 'niggling pain' in her leg on dog walk given 'incurable' diagnosis

A woman who felt a 'niggling pain' in her leg was left devastated after being told she had 'incurable' cancer. Jo Hodkinson noticed the ache while out on her walks with her pet dog Elvis, which prompted her to visit the doctors.

The 48-year-old accountant was given the devastating diagnosis that the breast cancer that she had been treated for 10 years ago had returned to her hip, thigh and pelvic bones.

She has had to undergo major surgery that would leave her in a wheelchair. Speaking about her diagnosis, she said: “It was pretty much a decade to the day since I had finished my treatment for breast cancer. In spring 2011 I had a lumpectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

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