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A lot of people ask me, is it hard to be a member of an organisation where death is a real possibility? Although that question has been asked many times it’s not until you are faced with the prospect of losing a friend do you really stop and think why am I apart of this organisation that potentially cou... 
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 Aeronwy |
I know most people think of chemotherapy patients as being skin and bone; bald people with a rasping cough and sunken eyes but I'm proof that this is not always the case. I finished my two years of chemotherapy with a 30kg weight gain and a mullet. While I did indeed lose weight (and my hair) in the first part of my treatment, the second, less intensive phase indeed
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 Mereana |
At first I went to the doctor for a check up because I was tired and pale. I expected to just be given some antibiotics for anaemia or glandular fever at worst. They called me back the next day to come back in and said to bring my parents. I thought it was a strange thing to say. I was only at the doctor’s for about 10 minutes and drove straight from Balcluth...
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I remember scoring goals in soccer cos nobody wanted to tackle a chick with a bald head…
I was 14 years old when I was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour (medullablastoma) which has a 20% survival rate.
Not many people can pinpoint the exact moment their lives changed.
About March/April 2002 I was diagnosed with Testicular cancer. I was told by the doctor’s that if I had left myself not telling anyone another two weeks, I wouldn’t be writing this story today.
I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma in 2003.
Be Proud & Live Strong!!
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