Katie’s Blog 1
Here we are introduced to 25 year old Katie who was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia three and a half years ago. Before diagnosis Katie was just your typical student – working hard, partying hard until March 2006 when Katie started experiencing shooting pains, weight loss, feeling faint, exhaustion, hair loss. A trip to the GP and Katie was told she had a simple trapped nerve. However in January 2007 Katie returned to the GP, blood tests and a phone call later Katie was told that she had to go into hospital…
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Regular to jimmyteens.tv Katie but first time speaker at Find Your Sense of Tumour talks about her cancer diagnosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia.
FYSOT ’13 – The Journey of a 20 something year old with old man’s Leukaemia
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Introducing The Ruanes: Part 1
A quick catch up with Katie, who seems to have turned into a tour guide, firstly we get a tour of her work and see the all important coffee machine, life can’t be bad for a private PA like Katie! […]
Katie’s Blog 5
Time for the second instalment of Katie’s blogs. Katie talks of how her parents reacted to the news of her diagnosis and how she told her Mother over the phone whilst she was in the middle of a supermarket. Katie […]
Katie’s Blog 2
Diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the end of November, here we are introduced to 25-year-old Katie Mackintosh. As she prepares for her fourth cycle of chemo, Katie explains how she is feeling and the side effects that are taking […]