By Marjory Inglis, health reporter

THE SCHOOLGIRL who travelled to Dundee for specialist treatment after a potentially deadly radiation overdose at a Glasgow cancer unit toured TV studios in London yesterday.

Taking time out from planning her 16th birthday party, Lisa Norris was flown to the capital with her family and best friend Laura Paterson.

Father Ken said he had a bit of a job getting three teenagers out of their hotel beds in time for the first interview in the GMTV studio at 6.30 am. Lisa’s younger brother Andrew (13) is also with her.

Lisa hit the headlines after she was given a radiation overdose 17 times at the Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow, where she was treated for a brain tumour.

The family felt cast adrift by the Beatson which appeared to just leave them to get on with coping with the awful mistake. But Dundee hyperbaric specialist Professor Philip James heard about Lisa’s predicament and offered oxygen therapy in a hyperbaric chamber at Ninewells Hospital— similar treatment given to divers suffering from the bends.

The family spent two weeks in Dundee last month while Lisa spent an hour every day in the hyperbaric chamber which might help repair tissue in her brain damaged by the excess radiation.

Yesterday her dad again expressed his gratitude to the Ninewells staff for their support and told how Lisa was trying to rebuild her life, although it was still too early to know if she would fully recover.

“She has started to go back to school gradually,” said Ken. “She has gone back a few times and is doing quite well. Her exams have been set aside and she will go into S5 after the summer.”

Lisa is determined to have fun and share her enjoyment with family and friends.

She will be 16 on April 7 and is planning a big party on March 31.