Jannine McHaffie has half her face removed to try and beat adenoids cystic ... - Daily Mail
'My hayfever was actually CANCER': Mother told her severe nosebleeds were due to an allergy has half her face removed to try and beat the disease Jannine McHaffie was told by a GP her nosebleeds were due to the allergy In September 2014 she found... Jannine McHaffie, from Chelmsford, Essex, had her upper teeth, palate bone, top right jaw, and parts of her cheek bones removed after being diagnosed with adenoids cystic carcinoma. The 25-year-old was diagnosed with the rare cancer, which affects the salivary glands, six months after finding a strawberry sized tumour in her nose. Now Ms McHaffie is back home recovering after surgeons removed a bone from her leg to rebuild the missing facial features. She said: 'I went to my GP who said it was hayfever and there wasn't a lot he could do about it. 'After 10 months I was finally diagnosed with ACC, I was terrified, I've never heard of anything like it. 'I was sat down as surgeons told me they had... Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
