A woman terrified her brain would “pop out” her head if she sneezed after being shown a scan of her head is praying a cure can be found for her cancer.
Doctors were stumped when Dorothy Williams, from St Michael's, suffered a number of infections in her chest and urinary tract, as well as back and bone aches.
Eventually a doctor suggested a specialist blood test at Royal Liverpool Hospital and after a bone marrow sample was taken she was told she had multiple myeloma.