Hannah Quigley-McKie, a 39-year-old from Trafford, was diagnosed with ocular melanoma after experiencing flashing in her vision during a routine eye test. The aggressive cancer, which originated as a tumour behind her eye, metastasized to her liver within months. Despite surgery and immunotherapy, doctors gave her a prognosis of less than a year. Hannah's family is now fundraising for a costly private treatment called chemo saturation, hoping to extend her life and give her more time with her loved ones.
A mum-of-two has been left fighting for her life after a routine eye test revealed a devastating diagnosis.
"It was that quick," Carole McKie, Hannah's mum, told the Manchester Evening News. "The ocular melanoma would have started somewhere like a freckle behind the eye but had grown and grown and grown.Sadly, it came just two months after Carole's husband died from cancer. Carole described Hannah, her husband Stuart, and her two children Lola, 14, and Theo, 10, as 'very grief stricken', adding Hannah's diagnosis was a complete 'shock'.
But the therapy doesn't come cheap. Each round costs around £40,000, with treatment reviewed after two sessions.
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