A mother told she had terminal cancer by doctors who ignored her pleas for help 13 times has made a miracle recovery following the UK's first operation of its kind. Ruth McDonagh was repeatedly turned away by medics over the course of two years despite suffering from the classic symptoms of bowel cancer. By the time it was diagnosed, she was told she had just 18 months left to live as a huge tumour in her bowel had grown so large it was almost inoperable. Her only option was a £100,000 operation only available in the US which was certain to leave her paralysed from the waist down. But at the eleventh hour a team of UK doctors trained in the American technique agreed to carry out Ruth's surgery in a 13-hour operation never before carried out in this country.
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .
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RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
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CRAZY BEARDS come into their GROWN when they've been twisted and waxed into shape .
A woman was left fighting for her life after an eczema wound became infected and caused a deadly flesh-eating bug to ravish a hole in her arm .
Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
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