I found out I was pregnant hours before life saving surgery to remove cancer - I had to choose between my life or my baby Danielle Emery, 39, had laryngeal cancer when she discovered she was pregnant READ MORE: Mother, 39, thought she had the flu - in fact it was incurable cancer By Maria Okanrende For Mailonline Published: 12:31 BST, 22 July 2024 | Updated: 12:48 BST, 22 July 2024 e-mail View comments A hero mum who fought cancer three times has told how she learned she was pregnant just moments before undergoing surgery to remove a tumour. Danielle Emery, 39, from Reading, was suffering with a sore throat but assumed it was a simple cold - that is until she was handed a shock diagnosis of laryngeal cancer. Laryngeal cancer is a type of cancer that affects the voice box or larynx, a part of the throat found at the entrance of the windpipe, also known as the trachea.
Utterly terrified about the future, the carer was given hope when emergency surgery was planned to tackle the disease. However Danielle was left stunned when doctors also informed her she was 11 weeks pregnant. Given just a few minutes to make the agonising choice to save her life or that of her baby's, she chose to have the surgery, risking a '99 per cent' chance of miscarriage in the process.
Hero mum Danielle Emery, 39, who fought cancer three times, has told how she learned she was pregnant just moments before undergoing surgery to remove a tumour (Pictured left: Danielle gives birth to her first child Callum.