'Oral sex gave me cancer but I think I was lucky and now I’m thankful'

My first day of chemoradiotherapy (Image: Max Channon) Oral sex gave me cancer. I’ve worked as a journalist across four different decades. Over those years, I’ve written millions of words - but those five words are the hardest I’ve ever felt compelled to type.

I’m a private person and I very much prefer telling other people’s stories to my own. Just the thought of going public with such squirm-inducingly intimate details about my life makes my skin crawl. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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