The story of Tina Poulton, is an inspirational one for all cancer patients, and by extension all patients of any terminal diseases, who might be counting their days on earth, the magic words from her are 'Never Give up'.
Poulton was only 40, when she was diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer, and according to the reports from MailOnline, the disease had spread throughout her pelvis, while she was told she only had six months left to live.But the courageous mother of three, refused to accept the medical report, trusting God for best option.
She however met a leading professor at Manchester's Christie Hospital - a key cancer centre - and was enrolled on a clinical trial. She was prescribed a two-year course of trial drug Melphelan and within just 18 months doctors found all traces of cancer had gone. Hear her out after the cut..
Today, 40 after, Mrs Poulton, who have got10 grandchildren and one great-grand-daughter, will soon be celebrating her 81st birthday, issued a 'never give up' message to all cancer sufferers.
She said: 'Back then I was utterly devastated when I was told I had six months to live.
'It came as a terrible shock because I had never been poorly in my life.
'But I was having none of it - who were these doctors to tell me when I was going to die? Who made them God?
'Most people would have drawn up a bucket list, a funeral plan and said their goodbyes, but not me.
'I had always been a person who lived in the moment, took everything in my stride and I'll be damned if I was ever going to let cancer change that.'
At the time, she was working as a midwife at the local NHS hospital - and had been given the devastating prognosis by her colleagues.
'My old colleagues had written me off and were astonished that I had proved them all wrong and recovered, and so quickly,' said Mrs Poulton.
'Initially, they thought I was a little bit delusional to believe I would survive, but I showed them.'
Mrs Poulton was diagnosed with the illness when she began to feel pains in her lower abdomen and assumed her appendix needed removing.
After her diagnosis, surgeons began what they thought would be a life-saving hysterectomy.
I beat cancer and lived a wonderful, long life because I refused to give up. Many people diagnosed consider cancer a death sentence, but it's not. Cancer is an illness - you've got to think of it in the same way you would a common cold
But when they opened her up and found the cancer had spread throughout her pelvis, they claimed the procedure would be futile.
Mrs Poulton added: 'I was heartbroken when they told me I wouldn't see Easter. I felt like I'd been written off.
'Doctors were so cynical back then, if you had cancer you were going to die and that was that. But I refused to accept that I was going to die.
'I was happy, I had a wonderful husband and three beautiful children. I had no intention of changing my life, much less dying.
'I never made a fuss of the cancer, I just got on with it, accepted it and vowed to beat it.'
Despite this, she felt her colleagues and doctors were 'counting down the days until my death'.
'They couldn't accept I just wanted to carry on like normal,' added.
Mrs Poulton was referred to the specialist cancer centre in Manchester after speaking to a patient.
There, Professor Derek Crowther told her: 'We'll try one treatment and if that doesn't work, we'll try something else..'
She added: 'He was so positive about the diagnosis, and told me that he would try one treatment and if that didn't work he'd try another, and then another, until something cured me.
'When I was given the all-clear, I was relieved. I always knew I'd beat it, but the reassurance was surprisingly comforting.'
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