article_snippet.sent: Medics then replaced the lost tissue with muscle from Mr Billing's arm.
article_snippet.sent: surgeons sawing between two teeth and through his jaw to get to the tumour had to cut through the jawbone and get my face wide open to get to an ulcer then surgeons sawing between two teeth and through his jaw to get to the tumour had to remove some lymph nodes in my neck too, just to be safe in case the cancer had spread.'
article_snippet.sent: Because I didn't need either, the skin tissue meant I later needed his operation to have the bit of skin trimmed. '
article_snippet.sent: I had to have speech therapy after the smaller procedure
article_snippet.sent: It was the best feeling in the world when, two weeks after coming through his operation, the consultant told me the cancer was completely removed and I didn't even need radiotherapy or chemotherapy.'
article_snippet.sent: I've never done anything like it before so, when I started feeling better, I decided to start training