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Woman's Toothache Diagnosed As Terminal Cancer

Woman's Toothache Diagnosed As Terminal Cancer

A horrible ordeal.

James Dawson

James Dawson

A woman who initially believed she was suffering from toothache has been told that he has only a limited time to live after she was diagnosed with jaw cancer.

Jenie Yoo, 28, first suffered pain in November 2015, she began chemotherapy in March last year after being diagnosed with the illness - but tumour continued to spread and ravage her face.

Following donations from well-wishers it was thought that the progression of the cancer had been stopped.

But last month, the tumour suddenly became more aggressive - swelling across her face, causing daily nose bleeds and making some of her teeth drop out.

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Tragically, Jenie cannot speak or eat and is house-bound in Bangkok, Thailand. She has appealed for support to take the burden away from her parents who are acting as full-time carers.

Jenie said: ''Now this feels like dying, it's a painful torment and I have seizures all the time.

''My parents cannot go anywhere, they have to stay and help me. I would like them to have a break, with people from an agency to help me, to bring a wheelchair to take me out.

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''Sleeping is not easy. Everywhere on my body is aches and is tense. My father has to squeeze and massage my knee until it is loose.

''I don't know why this happened to me. I cannot eat, even porridge makes me feel sick and fruit I cannot chew. My mouth has ulcers and I cannot walk alone, the symptoms are very bad.

''It's too late for surgery. I don't know why they can't just cut it out. I am so tortured but I still do not want to die now.''

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Jenie has undergone around ten doses of chemotherapy but the cancer has not responded well-enough to be halted or pushed back into remission.

Surgery has also been ruled out early on by doctors and specialists in Seoul, South Korea who felt that it would not possible.

Jenie added: ''I want help for my parents as they have to take so much time to look after me. Now they should be enjoying life and retiring, I do not want to be a burden on them.''

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