I went to my GP when water started spirting from my nose – docs said it was cancer and I could be dead in six months
A DESPERATE dad turned to doctors when water started spirting from his nose and was shocked to learn he could be dead in six months.
Phil Sledden-Houston's life drastically changed when he was diagnosed with mouth cancer after smoking cigarettes for decades.Credit: MEN Media The 51-year-old, from Middleton in Greater Manchester, realised something wasn't right when he was drinking water in 2018 and it spurted out his nose. He visited a dental hospital on referral when a specialist told him that he had cancer and it was serious.He told the: "A week later I was diagnosed with Stage 4 mouth cancer and the doctor told me I had a choice – to decide to have the operation within a month or die.“I’ll never forget the surgeon telling me how serious it was, the tumour was in my cheek bone, and he thought it had been hidden for four years.
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