Being told you have cancer is terrifying at any age especially in your twenties when your healthy, young and active, it makes you think questions such as why me? How will I work? How will I continue to do all of the things I enjoy the most? You honestly do not know how to prepare for the journey your about to go down and you have no choice but to put on a brave face and go for it. I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma stage 2B at the end of February 2016, after being terribly unwell for a few months I was admitted to hospital after a ct scan had revealed I had tumours in my neck and on my chest. I was immediately pulled about with biopsies, needles and then thrown straight into chemotherapy four days later. I soon transferred over to the Royal Marsden in Sutton, I had so many questions which I needed to ask about money, work, my treatment process, my families and other halves well being....the list of questions could go on and on. I was introduced to a charity called Clic Sargent by one of my lymphoma nurses and given my own social worker who has been an absolute star to my family and I. 

I think having cancer can really play havock with your self esteem because you eventually have to deal with the slow process of loosing your hair and the medication the doctors can give you such as steroids can alter your body shape and face shape which all together creates a completely different person to who you started out as at the beginning of the journey and when clic Sargent put me in touch with another amazing charity named the Little Princess Trust who funded an absolutely beautiful wig for me I was over the moon and it really helps when I don't feel at my best to bring a little bit of glamour to my outfit. 

They do much more than help funding with wigs, they help with finance, family support, personal support, legal support, treatment support, housing support and  the thousands of other families who need support receive that personal treatment too. Clic Sargent really do know how to go above and beyond with there help and I am so thankful for this.

 Most recently I found out my cancer was resisting the chemotherapy I was receiving which resulted in me having to start from square one on a stronger chemotherapy for a longer period of time. My social worker from the charity immediately came to offer her support in anything she could help with; I cannot express enough how grateful I am for all of the help I have received so far for this charity and so I would really like to start giving back. Once I am starting to get a bit better I will doing fundraising for all of the other charities who have supported me also such as McMillan, The Royal Marsden and The Little Princess Trust. The amount of support each of these charities give to families and patients in saving lives and making lives more comfortable is beyond words and I will be forever grateful.