The canker sores on the tongue must have been the fault of the wisdom tooth. At the maximum of stress, due to the hours of work as a flight attendant. But for Charlotte they were the symptom of a far worse nightmare. After several misdiagnoses, doctors found her tongue tumor, which forced her to remove part of it and replace it with leg muscles.
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The case
Charlotte Webster-Salter, now 27, began struggling with tongue canker sores in 2018. That year she worked as a flight attendant, with exhausting schedules and a busy life. She had been seen by a dentist, who had blamed those outbreaks on the arrival of wisdom teeth. A totally wrong diagnosis. For the next two years, the canker sores continued to show up in the same spots.
“In my head, I thought it was just stress or a feeling of exhaustion. I also thought it was due to a hangover or eating spicy food, ”the girl told The Independent. She had to wait until 2021 for an accurate diagnosis, when she was referred to a specialist at St. Richards Hospital in Chichester, southern England, and discovered she had mouth cancer. A very rare diagnosis, especially in a patient with her characteristics: «I was told that it is a disease that affects smokers in old age. They are a rare case, ”she said.
The operation
During the operation (which lasted nine hours), doctors cut off part of her tongue and replaced it with a “skin flap” made of her own thigh muscle. But although the initial surgery went well, Charlotte’s new tongue needed further surgery, due to a problem with blood flow. The course was long and tiring. She had to relearn how to talk and eat, but her cancer adventure was finally over.
Charlotte Webster-Salter sharing her story to raise awareness about signs and symptoms of #oralcancer.
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) https://t.co/8JAV1ho8Fx— Catherine Leong (@CatherineJLeong) November 3, 2022
Last updated: Thursday 3 November 2022, 19:04
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