Help me hug my kids

Sue Neill, 51, Chichester

Leaving the dentist, I could feel a small nick in my gum.

I ignored it, assuming it would go away quickly.

But a week later, the pain was worse.

‘It’s really bugging me,’ I told my husband Dean, then 51.

A few days later, in January 2017, I looked in the mirror and the right side of my face had swollen.

I was diagnosed with an abscess by the same dentist, given painkillers and antibiotics.

And for a while, they worked.

‘I feel much better,’ I told Dean.

And I was