Walczy z rakiem od 13. miesiąca życia
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Story from Jam Press (Kidney Failure Cancer)
Pictured: Kimberley's tongue in 2019.
‘I had a THIRD of my tongue cut out after pain from braces turned out to be CANCER – now I’m facing another battle'
A woman who was forced to have a third of her tongue cut out after pain from her braces turned out to be cancer, has shared her recent battle with kidney failure.
Kimberley Hattersley-Barton, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, was first diagnosed with bladder cancer when she was just 13 months old.
Over two decades later, the 26-year-old was re-diagnosed several times as doctors found new cancers in her body.
They discovered a mass on her tongue, then a few years later, cancer in her thyroid.
Now, one year after being cancer-free, she’s revealed another battle; kidney failure.
“I started renal dialysis for my condition [a few months ago], Kimberley told NeedToKnow.
“It’s a late effect of the treatment I had with my childhood cancer.
“I’m still adapting to my new normal routine, but it’s been extremely difficult.
“Especially after all my previous challenges.
“I realised I had a lump at the back of my tongue but didn't think anything of it [at first, because of my braces].
“But a few days later, it had changed size and shape so my mum took me to the GP and they referred me to the hospital.
“That is when they told me that I had a malignant tumour.
“I just remember crying straight away and saying that I don’t want it [the cancer] to come back.
“As a baby, I had six months' worth of treatment and was left with multiple lifelong treatment side effects and I didn't want this cancer to leave me with something else.
“I was gutted and so upset.”
Looking at her prognosis, doctors delivered devastating news.
Kimberley would have to undergo radiotherapy for six and a half weeks and then surgery to remove the part of her tongue that was affected.
She said: “They had to remove the back third of my tongue.
“After the surgery,
2023-09-11
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