A Mother Was Forced To Have Part Of Her Clitoris shaved Away And Has Been Left Unable To Have Sex For Years After She Developed Agonising Vulva Cancer That Doctors Dismissed As thrush

A mother was forced to have part of her clitoris 'shaved away' and has been left unable to have sex for years after she developed agonising vulva cancer that doctors dismissed as 'thrush'.
Toni Williams, 54, from Plymouth, Devon, first had a 'red raw' and 'itchy' vagina and vulva in 2018 but claims that doctors misdiagnosed her with a yeast infection.   
The mother-of-two, who was unable to wear knickers because of how sore she was, was eventually examined by a GP who revealed that the area could be cancerous.
She had to undergo surgery soon after to 'shave' off part of her clitoris and remove lumps on her perineum after being diagnosed with vulval cancer. 
Toni Williams, 54, from Plymouth, Devon, pictured on her wedding day eight years ago with husband Andrew, first had a 'red raw' and 'itchy' vagina and vulva in 2018 but said that after several trips to the doctors, she was misdiagnosed with a yeast infection
The mother-of-two, pictured now, who was unable to wear knickers because of how sore she was, was eventually examined by a GP who revealed that the area could be cancerous, undergoing surgery soon after to 'shave' off part of her clitoris and remove lumps on her perineum after being diagnosed with vulval cancer
More than two years after her surgery, https://www.cruisewhat.com/is-nutritional-yeast-kosher-for-passover/ the 54-year-old now suffers with an incurable skin condition suspected to be lichen scelrosus (LS), which causes itchy white patches on her genitals. 
She never lets her husband Andrew see her vagina and is unable to use the toilet without being in agony. 
Toni added: 'We've only been married almost eight years and for the last four years we haven't been able to have sex.

There's just no way. It's too painful. 
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'My cancer's gone. I've had most of the clitoris shaved away and other bits taken away as well which is bl**dy sore. 
'A lot of people don't know what's wrong with you. They see a happy person but inside, it's a different story.

Everyone says 'oh, you look so well', but no, far from it.
'It's an awful condition to have, I can't explain to anybody what it's like on a daily basis. I've never known pain like it. You've got constant pain on your clitoris hood and it itches like mad.'
More than two years after her surgery, the 54-year-old, pictured on her wedding day eight years ago, now suffers with an incurable skin condition suspected to be lichen scelrosus (LS), which causes itchy white patches on her genitals
Toni said that she is always told she 'looks so well' when she feels far from well in reality and is in a lot of discomfort on a daily basis 
The mother of-two, pictured now, said that the perineum and the creases of her legs split open, adding that it is 'horrible' to wear trousers 
Toni, pictured on her wedding day, said that she has often peeled pieces of skin off that are the size of a 10p and sometimes are an open wound 
'The perineum and the creases of my legs split open too, it's horrible to wear trousers. 
'It's just constant, it doesn't go away.

I'm on a cream that helps for a little bit but it burns me.
 'I can peel pieces of skin off me about the size of a 10p, then it's an open wound. It doesn't go away and there's times when it's worse than ever.' 
The 54-year-old's problems began with what she thought was the common yeast infection thrush more than four years ago.  
Toni claimed that she was given antibiotics but it did not clear up and she was desperately pleading with doctors to examine her.
 The 54-year-old said that she has had to give up work as a chef as she is in so much pain every day 
Toni, pictured on her wedding day, said that she had been referred to a dermatologist by her consultant but nothing came of it and she was not on the list and she was then referred for a second time
The 54-year-old does some volunteering once a week for four hours but added that she comes home in huge pain
She claimed that by the time she was properly seen by a doctor it had developed into cancer.
Toni explained: 'I just couldn't cope any longer.

I went to the doctor and I said 'please, just have a look'. 
'If it was thrush, it was the worst I'd ever had it and it wasn't going away. The vagina had become very sore inside and out. 
'At work, it was so uncomfortable.
I was a chef at the time and working in a hot environment too. You don't sleep at all with it. 
The 54-year-old, pictured with her husband, said that she hopes by sharing her story she will encourage other women to advocate for themselves 
Toni said that since surviving cancer and developing LS she has spoken to other women about it to try and educate them 
'Once I'd seen one lady doctor, and she was lovely, she took the time to listen and she tried to take swabs.

She couldn't put the swab inside because it was so sore. I was literally red raw. 
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