'I knew something was wrong when I started sounding like Sean Bean's granddad - I didn't realise how bad it was'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukWarwick Smith knew something was wrong when he started to sound like 'Sean Bean's granddad'. The court clerk could 'talk for England', but when he started to lose his voice, then couldn't shake the croaky, laryngitis-type symptoms, he began to worry.
Warwick was especially concerned because three years earlier his brother Michael had died of throat cancer just two weeks after being diagnosed.
But when the 67-year-old, of Littleborough, Rochdale, went to see his GP, he was told it didn't look like there was anything to worry about.
He was referred to a specialist as a precaution. Warwick spent seven months on the waiting list, until in October 2022 a last minute cancellation meant he finally got in for a scan and biopsy. READ MORE: And the news was devastating.
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