Lorna Nickson Brown released the stunning portrait shot of herself following her diagnosis with thyroid cancer.
The actress, who has starred in Holby City and Poirot, said she wanted other people to see it because it displays a very obvious symptom of the disease – a large lump on her neck.
The 26-year-old was diagnosed with the disease two years ago and said she had no other warning signs.
She told the I newspaper: “This isn’t what I thought cancer looked like. The minute you tell people, it’s the cancer face. I didn’t feel ill.”
Miss Nickson Brown said it was her mum that first noticed the strange lump on her throat.
But because she had no other symptoms, she chalked it up to her just losing a bit of weight.
However, after it didn’t disappear, she decided to visit her GP three months later and was given the devastating diagnosis.
After undergoing surgery on her thyroid at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, she has now been in remission for just over a year.
Other symptoms of the illness include hoarseness, a sore throat and difficulty swallowing.
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