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‘Growing up with cancer taught me that the simple act of carrying on can be magnificent’

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I was 15 and studying for my GCSEs at Badminton School in Bristol when I first fell ill.

I became very pale, had a really tight chest, was out of breath after even a few steps and had blisters on my lips.

I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), a type of blood cancer that’s more common in children than adults.

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59

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75

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informal

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English

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30

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