An 'incredible' mum who was told by doctors at the age of 30 she had just six months left to live has died, more than 20 years after the bombshell news.
Michelle "Shelly" Edwards was 30 when she was first diagnosed with terminal cancer. Despite being told by doctors she had about six months to live she bravely fought on for an incredible 21 years.
Sadly, she has now lost her fight in the care of nursing staff at a nursing home in Grimsby, Grimsby live reports. Speaking of her mum's death daughter Jessica said: "Even in her last days she was not giving in.
Because it affected her spine it affected her walking and her mobility went because she had no felling in her legs. "It wasn't long until she was paralysed.
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