Lia thought she just had toothache. It turned out to be something far more terrifying - Daily Mail 6th November 2007

Novelist Lia Mills put off seeing a dentist about a sore tooth for months. Even then, the true nature of her condition was missed and it took a year before she was diagnosed with oral cancer. Here, Lia - who is 50 and lives in Dublin with her husband, Simon - tells her harrowing story... The receptionist at the Dental Hospital looks about 12. She is completely indifferent to me and to the painful open sore in my mouth. She takes my referral letter and says it could be seven months before I get an appointment.

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