The week after turning 29, I noticed something odd with my throat. Thinking I must have food stuck in there, my partner Sam, then 28, had a look.
‘You’ve got a lump in your throat,’ he exclaimed.
‘That’s weird,’ I said.
It was October 2021, but because of the Covid crisis, there were no medical appointments available for months.
After calling 10 surgeries, I finally managed to get seen at a clinic, where the doctor