UK news: Man, 27, who had 'never been sick' given three weeks to live after noticing 'purple spots' on his chest
A man who said he had 'never really been sick before' was given three weeks to live by doctors after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
"I had to stop 20 times going up that mountain and I was like, 'Something really isn't right'. I could literally feel my heart going mad in my chest, like really pumping. And I could feel it in my arteries, down my neck, and my lymph nodes had swollen up on one side. I just couldn't breathe, I was just struggling to breathe."
Little did Harry know that from March to October last year, his 'whole life' would be in hospital, 'not allowed visitors because of covid and how high risk we all were in that ward, not allowed to leave the ward, no one's allowed to see you, you're just on your own'. Harry spent 19 weeks in hospital undergoing chemotherapy, getting 12 lumbar punctures to stop the cancer spreading to his brain, and being treated with enzymes. The side effects were gruelling and included 'really bad headaches as if someone was literally crushing my skull' caused by a blood clot.
Throughout his treatment, Harry worked hard to stay positive. He said: "If you're in that situation, it's sort of your only option. This is what it is, and this is how you have to go about it. Straight from the start, I was like, 'If I can keep my mind occupied on other things, or trying to help other people, it will make them make me think about it less and mentally I'll cope with it a bit more'.
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