A woman had half of her tongue removed and replaced with leg tissue after a cancer diagnosis. Jamie Powell, 39, was diagnosed with tongue cancer in March 2020 after discovering a raised bump on her tongue.
After undergoing tests, Jamie was told she had stage three cancer and would need half of her tongue removed as well some of the lymph nodes in her neck. She underwent the eight hour op in March 2020 and found herself having to learn how to talk and eat again - while coming to terms with her new tongue, which she says felt like a "foreign object".
She then underwent 30 rounds of radiotherapy before being given the all clear on June 30, 2020. Jamie now hosts a podcast with a fellow tongue cancer survivors talking about the reality of the disease.
