So today 17 years ago I was diagnosed with acute Leukaemia, I was 2 and half years old. 4 weeks later I went into remission then spent 3 years going through chemotherapy till I had the final all clear that the cancer cells had finally gone.
I lost my hair and pretty much spent majority of my childhood in hospital. Many people say to me 'I bet you can't remember it now', but sadly I do remember a lot of it. I still have to visit St George's hospital once a year for a check up and will have to continue this for the rest of my life. I trialled a new type of treatment so the doctors had no idea what my side affects will be. Luckily I haven't had major side affects except from bad joint pain in my legs.
I had to have a port-o-cath put inside of me which has left a scar on my right breast and at the bottom of my neck which are still visible today. Sadly this experience has made me develop a phobia of needles so even just a simple blood test is a challenge for me and has seen many doctors get kicked in the face! As I previously stated I lost my hair due to chemo this has also scarred me mentally as many years I wouldn't get my hair cut and most of my childhood my hair was past my bottom- basically looked like Rapunzel. Also this has meant that for that period of time majority of my childhood photos are of me with no hair or with very short hair.
However, this experience allowed me to meet many wonderful people including 2 cancer survivors (Lewis and Caitlin) that I still keep in touch with today and also endured/shared the experience with me. It gave me the opportunity to visit Lapland and to see the northern lights. It made me have an amazingly strong and close relationship with my mum, who I must say is my inspiration in life!
This experience has given me a complete new outlook on life and has made me a fighter! Sadly some people aren't as lucky to win the battle against cancer which makes it the worst disease in this lifetime. As it was stand up to cancer on Friday I thought it would be appropriate to ask you to donate to cancer research as it truly is a great charity and one day they will win this war against cancer.
I hope this post allowed you to have a little insight on what it is like to be a cancer survivor and hopefully give you the inspiration to really take life by its reins!
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjwv7HABRCSxfrjkJPnrWgSJAA45qA2wVHUjo8GvUYMQThNBYJwSHJq7raZ5pxjBhLsS5bzPxoClM7w_wcB&dclid=CPjGr9mp8c8CFbKo7Qod7o0ChA
I lost my hair and pretty much spent majority of my childhood in hospital. Many people say to me 'I bet you can't remember it now', but sadly I do remember a lot of it. I still have to visit St George's hospital once a year for a check up and will have to continue this for the rest of my life. I trialled a new type of treatment so the doctors had no idea what my side affects will be. Luckily I haven't had major side affects except from bad joint pain in my legs.
I had to have a port-o-cath put inside of me which has left a scar on my right breast and at the bottom of my neck which are still visible today. Sadly this experience has made me develop a phobia of needles so even just a simple blood test is a challenge for me and has seen many doctors get kicked in the face! As I previously stated I lost my hair due to chemo this has also scarred me mentally as many years I wouldn't get my hair cut and most of my childhood my hair was past my bottom- basically looked like Rapunzel. Also this has meant that for that period of time majority of my childhood photos are of me with no hair or with very short hair.
However, this experience allowed me to meet many wonderful people including 2 cancer survivors (Lewis and Caitlin) that I still keep in touch with today and also endured/shared the experience with me. It gave me the opportunity to visit Lapland and to see the northern lights. It made me have an amazingly strong and close relationship with my mum, who I must say is my inspiration in life!
This experience has given me a complete new outlook on life and has made me a fighter! Sadly some people aren't as lucky to win the battle against cancer which makes it the worst disease in this lifetime. As it was stand up to cancer on Friday I thought it would be appropriate to ask you to donate to cancer research as it truly is a great charity and one day they will win this war against cancer.
I hope this post allowed you to have a little insight on what it is like to be a cancer survivor and hopefully give you the inspiration to really take life by its reins!
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/?gclid=CjwKEAjwv7HABRCSxfrjkJPnrWgSJAA45qA2wVHUjo8GvUYMQThNBYJwSHJq7raZ5pxjBhLsS5bzPxoClM7w_wcB&dclid=CPjGr9mp8c8CFbKo7Qod7o0ChA
