![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/mums-pain-like-nagging-toothache-turned-out-to-be-devastating-cancer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/0_Cancer-Patient-Margie-Shields-from-Knotty-AshLiverpoolPic-Andrew-Teebay.jpg&description=Margie Shields must receive cancer treatment for the rest of her life but that hasn't stopped her remaining relentlessly positive and even making lifelong friends along the wayMargie Shields credits constant developments in medicine for keeping her aliveA 72-year-old woman has recalled the early stages of her cancer diagnosis which began with her experiencing a pain "like nagging toothache". Margie Shields, from Liverpool, has endured more than 300 rounds of chemotherapy since she was given the shocking news that she had cancer some 20 years ago. Having seen her mum and sister go through breast cancer, Margie said she "just sensed there was something wrong" when she started feeling pain in her breast, the Liverpool Echo reports. Following a visit to the Royal Liverpool Hospital, doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer, and she began a two-decades-long treatment cycle. Her cancer, which spread to the bones in her chest and shoulder, is incurable and requires lifelong treatment, but she credits constant developments in medicine for keeping her alive. Margie has developed an enduring friendship with 88-year-old Ann Hannah who has been by her side through most of her time battling the disease after they met on Margie's first day of treatment. Margie struck up a wonderful friendship with Ann Hannah after the pair met on her first day of treatment ( Clatterbridge Cancer Centre) Both are among the 30% of people diagnosed with breast cancer who develop secondary cancers, which reduces the five-year survival rate from 98% to 25%. Initially "petrified", Margie, now 72, found community in that room of chairs arranged in a semi-circle at the Royal, saying: "It was always full of chatter because we sat close together and we could mingle. You'd be singing and laughing, and somebody would come in and tell us funny things that had happened to them over the weekend." Now Margie and Ann, dubbed the 'Terrible Twins' by their oncologist, schedule their fortnightly chemo at the Clatter){kind=link}
Margie Shields must receive cancer treatment for the rest of her life but that hasn’t stopped her remaining relentlessly positive and even making lifelong friends along the way
A 72-year-old woman has recalled the early stages of her cancer diagnosis which began with her experiencing a pain “like nagging toothache”.
Margie Shields, from Liverpool, has endured more than 300 rounds of chemotherapy since she was given the shocking news that she had cancer some 20 years ago.
Having seen her mum and sister go through breast cancer, Margie said she “just sensed there was something wrong” when she started feeling pain in her breast, the Liverpool Echo reports.
Following a visit to the Royal Liverpool Hospital, doctors diagnosed her with breast cancer, and she began a two-decades-long treatment cycle.