article_snippet: Lisa Pigram, 42, was shocked to be told Lisa wheezing and chest pains were due to a bronchial carcinoid tumour .
article_snippet: For four years, mother-of-three Lisa Pigram went back and forth to mother-of-three Lisa Pigram GP, complaining of wheeziness and occasional sharp pains in Lisa shoulder and chest.
article_snippet: Lisa, a teaching assistant, saw a specialist, who inserted a tube with a camera into Lisa lungs and found a growth in Lisa airways.
article_snippet: So, in May 2005, Lisa had a section of Lisa top lung cut out.
article_snippet: Lisa now knows this was caused by another tumour on Lisa lung, pumping out hormones.
article_snippet: another tumour is between two major blood vessels, and Lisa has been told another tumour is inoperable.
article_snippet: A recent scan showed Lisa tumour had started to increase, and Lisa now needs further follow-up scans to look at her tumour in more detail.
highlights_snippet: Lisa Pigram, 42, from Essex, had a bronchial carcinoid tumour .
  