A mother-of-three forced to spend £70,000 every three weeks on cancer treatment in Germeny to stay alive claims she was told she 'doesn't have enough cancer for UK trial treatment.

Louise Gleadell, 38, from Leicester, was first diagnosed with cervical cancer last February.

But the aggressive disease spread and she was told it was incurable in January.

Desperate for other alternatives, Louise attempted to participate in an immunotherapy trial through the NHS

The treatment would increase her life expectancy but Louise claims she was denied access to the because because she didn't have 'enough' cancer.

Despite being ravaged by an aggressive cancer, Louise claims she still wasn't eligible for treatment and says she there was no further options available.

Refusing to die without a fight, Louise took it upon herself to find other alternatives, and has been spending up to £70,000 every three weeks to receive treatment at the Hallwang Clinic in Germany.

After relying on savings and fundraising from her family and friends, Louise is able to enjoy the time she has left thanks to treatment abroad. Louise, a former holiday business owner, said: 'I initially tried to join an immunotherapy trial in the UK, but I was told that I couldn't because I didn't have enough cancer. 'So we've had to use all of our savings so that I can get treatment in Germany.

'The first time that I went to Germany, I had to be there for eight days, and that alone cost £70,000.

'My second time, just three weeks later, cost £66,000 and now every three weeks I have two days' worth and that's £32,000. 'And I have to keep having these treatments every three weeks or my tumours will continue growing and I will die.'

Louise was diagnosed with cervical cancer in February 2016 after doctors mistook the disease for post-natal symptoms.

Due to several rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, Louise's cervical tumour shrunk – but it had started to grow in her neck and after and she suffered a haemorrhage, she was told it was now terminal. Louise added: 'I lost all of my hair from the repetitive rounds of chemo, but that was just a small price to pay for my life.