Rachel Morton, from Law, Lanarkshire, was 19 when she received the diagnosis and underwent a 16-hour-operation. She is now campaigning to stop cancer from destroying the lives of other teenagers.
A Lanarkshire medical student who was diagnosed with a rare tongue cancer at 19 is now fighting to stop cancer from destroying the lives of other teenagers.
She began to develop painful mouth ulcers in 2019 and became increasingly tired, regularly falling asleep through the day. She later developed rashes on her lips and after several GP appointments was referred for a biopsy, the Daily Record reports. READ MORE: Rangers-daft boy desperate to kick a ball again given new hope as 'superhero' dad donates kidney Surgeons then used muscle and blood vessels from her legs to reconstruct her tongue and the arteries and veins in her neck. After the operation Rachel was left unable to speak or walk, and as the cancer was aggressive, she had to undergo gruelling sessions of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Rachel said their support saved her life “both physically and mentally” and she is asking people to donate to the charity’s Stop Cancer Destroying Teenage Lives campaign. The student was admitted to the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, which specialises caring for those aged 16-24.Rachel explained: “Getting through all I went through without Fiona and Nicola would have been near impossible.
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