Credit: SWNS / Collab<br /><br />A woman says she'll "never French kiss again" after having half of her tongue removed and replaced with leg tissue after a cancer diagnosis.<br /><br />Jamie Powell, 39, was diagnosed with tongue cancer in March 2020 after discovering a raised bump on her tongue.<br /><br />After undergoing tests, Jamie was told she had stage three cancer and would need half of her tongue removed as well some of the lymph nodes in her neck.<br /><br />She underwent the eight hour op in March 2020 and found herself having to learn how to talk and eat again - while coming to terms with her new tongue, which she says felt like a "foreign object".<br /><br />She then underwent 30 rounds of radiotherapy before being given the all clear on June 30, 2020.<br /><br />Jamie now hosts a podcast with a fellow tongue cancer survivors talking about the reality of the disease.
