Introduction

May 4th 2015

In the UK around 2,200 teenagers and young people are diagnosed with cancer every year. And the chances of it returning two weeks after you get the all clear, as you can imagine, are even slimmer.

I was diagnosed with stage two Hodgkins Lymphoma on September 22nd 2014. It had spread to my neck in two different places, both my armpits and both sides of my chest. My consultant reassured me  , "this is one of the most treatable cancer's for teenagers and young adults". I saw it as my 'silver lining' in a time that was incredibly grey. Over the coming months i continued going to college whenever i wasn't at hospital, writing all my essay's for my english language class and seeing friends as much as possible. Then, on the 10th of February 2015 my consultant told me i was completely cured and cancer free. We had KFC that night to celebrate, it was great.

No longer than two weeks after i received the news i felt a pea sized lump in my neck, where i first originally felt the lumps, i shared my concerns with the doctors but they felt it was far too soon for it to return after treatment and after all nothing had shown up on the scan to be concerned about. But i knew something wasn't right.

This is when the the lump grew massively and other smaller lumps started appearing. On April 14th, the doctors sent me for a biopsy.

Almost, seven months to the exact date on April 21st, the doctors told me i have cancer...again.

And this time i've decided to document my experience.

Anyways, enough with all the sad stuff i am trying to remain as positive as possible with a little bit of help from my family and friends!

Lauren :-)