A woman in England underwent surgery that saved life to take part of her tongue after being told for more than a year that her mouth ulcers were caused by a wisdom teeth that grew and a busy lifestyle, according to an independent report. Charlotte Wester-Salter who is twenty-seven years old, a flight attendant, began to suffer from repeated boils in 2018. But he thought it was the result of his long shift who worked as a flight attendant. He felt “run down” but continued to ignore the problem, said the outlet.
The ulcer continued to appear and disappear and every time he traveled to the dentist and a general practitioner in 2020, MS Wester-Salter was told that they were caused by wisdom teeth, independent reports said.
But after his tongue developed, white plot, he was finally referred to a specialist in February 2021. “Ulcers always appear in one area – which in my opinion is strange. I keep ignoring it, in my mind, I think it’s just stressful or feel closed. I even think it is because of drunkenness or eating spicy food worsened it. My teeth are straightened and have patches, but Nothing helps, “he said as said by independently.
Specialists at St. Richards Hospital in Chichester did a biopsy by taking tissue samples from their tongues for testing. They found a tumor called squamous cell carcinoma that grew on his tongue and classified it as a type of head and neck cancer.
MS Wester-Salter is destroyed by diagnosis. His mother Sam has breast cancer after being diagnosed at the age of 49, report Metro. “I just laughed when they told me – I was so surprised that I did not know how to react. Cancer is the farthest of my mind,” he said as quoted by the outlet. He underwent a nine -half -hour surgery to cut the affected tongue and replace it with muscles from his thighs.
It took 10 days for MS Wester-Salter to say the first words after surgery. Fortunately, further diagnosis revealed that cancer does not spread and is not necessary for further surgery. The 27 -year -old player is now undergoing speeches and physiotherapy to learn how to speak, eat, and walk again with his new tongue and changing legs.He described his new tongue to look like “Lolly Drum”, according to Metro.