Manchester City have agreed a fee with Anderlecht for Spanish left-back Sergio Gomez.
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A mum-of-three believed her itchy hands were being caused by a household cleaning product - before finding out she has a rare and deadly form of cancer. Now the 58-year-old is fighting against the clock to raise money to fund lifesaving treatment that comes at a huge cost.
Maria Barry, 58, who lives in Harrow, north west London, with her children, Nico, 32, Luca, 30, and Nadia, 27, began suffering from itchy and cracked hands during the first lockdown in March 2020. At first, Maria thought it was a reaction to a new cleaning product she was using, but in April 2022, she was diagnosed with bile duct cancer.
This cancer is rare with around 1,000 new cases a year in the UK, according to the NHS. Without treatment, she now has just three to six months to live.
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For Maria, her issues began when her hands started to itch relentlessly. She said: “I’d had gallstones a couple of years prior and ended up having my gallbladder removed, but other than that I’d never had any health problems.
“During lockdown, I developed a condition where my hands cracked up and I had to wear gloves. I’d initially thought it was a reaction to a new cleaning product I’d bought to clean the cooker.
“They were so itchy and I was getting aches and pains in my elbows, joints, everywhere, and I was constantly on the phone with the doctor.”
Due to lockdown, Maria couldn’t get a face-to-face appointment so had to send her GP photos of her red and sore palms. Over the next year, she was prescribed various steroid creams, gels and UV treatments, but to no avail.
She said: “Nothing seemed to work and I was eventually referred to a dermatologist. It
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