I had a sore throat for a long time and it scared me. I saw a lump in my throat and I was terrified. I wouldn't go to a doctor.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I started feeling this little lump in my throat, like you would feel if you have swollen glands or something like that, like you'd feel if you have a cold, so I didn't really think it was anything.
My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.
I did have a lucky thing going on there in my throat.
I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.
There's loads of things you can do to make things easy for your throat, you can drink a bit of lemon and hot water couple of spoons of honey, you can gargle with port, I've done it a couple of times myself - but don't swallow it!
I am a sentimental guy, and occasionally, that lump in my throat when I speak has stopped my tongue from working.
I questioned her further, and eventually got to talk to her doctor. And her doctor sort of shook his head and he said, 'I have examined her for throat cancer at least 15 times in the past few years.
I think I definitely got scared by the second or third time a doctor told me I was dying.
I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation.
When the doctor told me I had cancer, I was scared.