A DAD who went to the doctors after he struggled to swallow a piece of ham was diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus.
David Jones-Stanley, from Atherton, was at home one afternoon when he felt peckish.
He said: "I went down to the fridge. I took out a packet of ham and as soon as I swallowed some, it just wasn't going down." That incident kickstarted months of gruelling treatment - and eventually ended in him being cancer-free.
Now, he wants to raise awareness and urge people to get checked out if they don't feel right.
David was 47 when he first experienced difficulty being unable to swallow, two years ago.
He didn't have a lot of the traditional symptoms like heartburn or acid reflux, but knew something was wrong when he couldn't swallow the slice of ham.
"I could breathe, but it was sitting just below my throat. I wasn't choking or panicking but the food was just sitting there and wasn't shifting," David told the M.E.N.
This story is from the February 28, 2024 edition of Manchester Evening News.
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