A mum whose teenage son was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer believes he was saved because of a routine Specsavers appointment. Daniel Ruth, 16 and from Litherland, attended a routine eye test in Crosby in March when the optician noticed a brown mark on one of his blue eyes. Mum Lindsay said the optician told the family to go straight to the St Paul's Eye Unit based at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital where doctors carried out a number of tests.
After several weeks of tests, Daniel was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer - ocular melanoma. The cancer affects five or six out of every one million people each year, with only 1 per cent of those people being children. Lindsay said once the diagnosis had happened, everything to do with her son's treatment was full steam ahead.
This week Daniel started proton beam radiation therapy at Clatterbridge Hospital on the Wirral. Beauty haul hailed 'must have for budget Charlotte Tilbury fans' saves over £50 on skincare Daniel Ruth was diagnosed with ocular melanoma after a routine visit to the opticians ( Image: The Ruth Family) She told the Liverpool Echo : "It was terrifying to get the news. Your natural reaction when you hear that is to think you are going to lose him.
I have had cancer myself, but when your child has it you just feel so helpless.” She added: “Chris from Specsavers has saved our son's life. After Daniel started treatment we went back to thank him and told him how grateful we were, but he said he was ju.
