Victor Middleton

Victor Middleton has the prodigious honour of being one of Brighton’s oldest post war babies, born VE day 1945 amongst jubilant celebrations. A Brightonian through and through, Victor’s battle with cancer started with a simple car trip over the South Downs on a sunny weekend morning.
Ahead of Mouth Cancer Action Month in November and to help raise awareness of mouth cancer, Victor had decided to share the journey he took in his fight against mouth cancer. Here, in his own words, is Victor’s story.

Through my story I want to share with you one simple message, mouth cancer can affect anyone. Although largely having a public perception of being caused by smoking and drinking, it is also linked to the human papillomavirus or HPV which is a sexually transmitted virus that can be transmitted through oral sex.
HPV is a virus which is so common within sexually active people that 50 to 80% will contract it in their lifetime. It is a virus which will lay dormant in most pe...