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Hi!!!
So when I left school I was on the road to becoming a dancer hoping to secure a scholarship with LABAN London. At 17 though I was diagnosed with Hodgkins and given 40% chance rate of survival. ( As you can imagine a very scary time)
Due to the cancer being aggressive and having spread extremely quickly I had to go straight in for chemo and had a tube in my chest for easy access. I still have these today actually in a pot tucked away. I did try and go back to dance school to just sit down and watch and write and join in the theory side of dance but mentally and physically I could only do this for 3 weeks and had to stop. I was having chemo 3 times a week then around 8 tablets a day. I had to clean out my tubes by withdrawing blood the flushing with solution to make sure I didn't get an infection. I was appraoched by CLIC Sargent and was granted a Wish!!!! To meet Arlene Philips!!!!! So you can imagine I was over the moon and for that split second forgot about my cancer! My mother and I were out up in the acclaimed Cumberland Hotel in London in a top suite then had our own driver from our house in Norfolk to london and for that weekend! I met Arelene Philips on Dance Fever BBC 1 and met Graham Norton too ! It was amazing!! I felt like a super star just for that weekend I felt alive!
I battled cancer for three years I did fight it then it came back so had to have a stem cell transplant and radiotherapy. And well here I am and I HAVE A BABY BOY WHO is 8 months which in itself is a bloody miracle as I was told 1), 40% chance of fighting it and 2) chances of having children is extremely low due to the aggressive treatment I had at such a young age.
Well I am here and ready to raise for a foundation that lets young stars shine for a second that immerses them into a state of dreamy bliss just for a moment. I'm lucky Im alive I lost a few friends that I made along the way and brings me to tears every time because Im alive, Living and Im so grateful. So donate away and lets bring some smiles to the young heros of today... xoxo