24 year old Danny from Essex was living with his girlfriend in Birmingham when he first noticed changes in his testicles. After originally putting off visiting his doctor his girlfriend encouraged him to book an appointment. Danny was later told […]
Films Tagged: Parents (74 films)
The fabulous guys at Cambridge are having another family day where young people tell us why days like these are so important to not only them but to their parents too.
Cambridge Family Day
Second film from Clare who explains the boredom of having to be an inpatient for 7 weeks, Clare decided to bring her bike to the hospital as she finds being active and getting fresh air makes her feel better it’s […]
Keep On Moving – Part Two
Stacy was diagnosed at 21 years old with an aggressive primitive neuroectodermal tumour back in 2007 after months of visiting her GP with symptoms of passing blood and a large lump on her side. Stacy eventually requested an opinion from […]
Stacy’s Story
Natasha was misdiagnosed for nine months and put on numerous tablets for her headaches, sickness, tiredness and dramatic vision changes. Her GP put down her symptoms as stress as 16-year-old Natasha was studying for her GCSE’s at boarding school. After […]
Meet Natasha
Toni received treatment on an adult chemotherapy ward where she felt she was always seen as a talking point to other patients with her being so young compared to other people. Toni talks openly about how her cancer and treatment […]
Toni: Part 1
Part three of Introducing the Ruanes, Katie’s Mum talks about how she felt about having a daughter going through cancer while living away from the family home and tells about how Katie’s health had an impact on her own relationships […]
Introducing The Ruanes: Part 3
In this second instalment of meeting the Ruane family, here we discover more about how they coped with Katie’s diagnosis, describing the ups and downs of treatment and how, as a family, they dealt with what was occurring. As Katie […]
Introducing The Ruanes: Part 2
Diagnosed with Leukaemia, here we meet Katie, alongside her parents, Paula and Kevin and younger brother Milo. Discussing the initial shock of discovering Katie’s diagnosis, her family provide an insight into the first few weeks of being in hospital and […]
Introducing The Ruanes: Part 1
Diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia in March 2009, Jen who is now in remission takes us through the days running up to her diagnosis. The only thing Jen was ever ill with before her diagnosis was a cold, so when […]
The Story of Jen McHugh – Pre-treatment
In 2009 Will was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Will who is now 15 year old is one of the first patients to get to stay in Birmingham’s brand new Teenage Cancer Trust unit, we get to have a quick look […]
Will Smith: Part 1
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 […]