'I was diagnosed with cancer after my doctor dismissed symptom as common cold'

'I was diagnosed with cancer after my doctor dismissed symptom as common cold'

Amber Hughes went to the doctors after finding a lump on her neck, and she wants to encourage others to do the same after her doctor dismissed 'cold' symptom which ended up being blood cancer

Woman issues advice to others as 'cold' symptom ended up being sign of cancer

Doctors often say that if you're worried about a lump, you should get it checked out, even if it's probably nothing. This was the case for Amber Hughes, whose cancer lump was dismissed as 'a cold'