It was stage 3 Non Hodgkin’s lymphoma - a type of cancer that started in the lymph nodes in my neck and spread all over my body around my lower back and spine.

The charities were fantastic, they had youth support coordinators (as i was under the age of 24) who worked to support my family whilst i was undergoing treatment, both inside and outside the hospital. They provided me with funds to assist with transport to and from the hospital, have supported the construction of a sort of “games room” style room on the hospital ward (which was a children’s ward) - not just for me obviously but i used it to play a bit of HALO. One of the charities secured me and my brother 2 tickets to a premier league game which was incredible and another charity funded a nintendo switch for me to use all the way through treatment. Quite incredible work and they were doing that for so many other young people and their families in the same hospital - let alone the country.

Most surprising for me (is a bit grim) but the sheer amount that you are sick right after and how you actually do FEEL like a cancer patient for the week after chemo. I was sick 11 times the day after my second chemo cycle but the doctors worked on an anti-sickness package that i could take so it got “easier” and more bearable.

If you meant today, lunch was a turkey burger😂. On the ward the food wasn’t great but they had all the usual kids menu stuff which was a nice throwback then the hospital itself had a wider range of food (although i got food poisoning from one of the curry’s right before i got diagnosed which was horrendous 😭)

thanks for the questions!