This is the independent health food shop where a Willington grandmother bought cannabis oil.
Lin Coxon says her cancer tumours have shrunk after taking the legal chemical, which she bought from Natural Choice, in St John Street, Ashbourne.
Doctors had found the 69-year-old had a 33mm tumour in her breast which had invaded nearby lymph nodes and muscle and told her to prepare for eight rounds of chemotherapy, a lumpectomy and the removal of all the lymph nodes. This would then have to be followed by radiotherapy.
But she had read about improvements other cancer sufferers had seen after taking the cannabinoid oil, which is legal and sold minus the psychoactive component that causes a high, so she began taking it while waiting for her chemotherapy to start in August last year.
The tumour reduced in size so much that there was no need for further medical intervention.
The grandmother, who was diagnosed on June 28, 2017, said she had nothing to lose so she gave it a go and was amazed by the result.
She said: "By July 24 I could not feel the tumour, before it had felt hard. With my chemotherapy due to start on August 23, I asked if I could have another scan but the hospital said no, so my GP suggested I had it done privately which I did on August 21.
"The doctor at the Nuffield Hospital was staggered when he saw the tumour had shrunk from 33mm to 11mm and my lymph nodes had gone from 25mm to 10mm.
"He did a mammogram and saw the whole density had changed which was amazing news, so as it was shrinking so dramatically I spoke to my consultant and deferred the chemotherapy.
"I am still taking the cannabis oil and the tumour is still shrinking. It's now down to 7mm with no medical treatment and the lymph nodes are down to 4mm.
"The clinician at the Royal Derby said I should still have chemotherapy but I said I didn't want to as things were moving in the right direction. I asked my consultant if he would still be happy to monitor me and he said he would.
"Going public with this was a big decision but I do not feel I can morally keep this to myself any longer.
"I cannot say cannabis oil will work for anyone else but my experience would seem to show it is worth trying.
"I feel people have nothing to lose especially if they are waiting for chemotherapy."
Natural Choice owner Steve Parker said the cannabis oil available in his shop "might possibly help with aches and pains".
