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SCHICKSALE - Krebstod mit 22 Jahren: Trauernde Mutter will weiterhin Spenden sammeln in Erinnerung an ihre an Krebs verstorbene Tochter Emily Parsons
Emily and Lisa on holiday in Croatia in 2019 (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grieving mum vows to keep adding to the
£63k her remarkable daughter helped raise for
cancer research despite knowing she was dying at
just 22
By Susan Clark, PA Real Life
For video, contact video@pamediagroup.com
A grieving mum vows to keep fundraising in memory of her remarkable daughter, who
raised more than £10,000 for research into her condition in just 10 hours which soared
to £63,000 and has been climbing in the days since her death.
Talented and beautiful inside and out, university student Emily Parsons, 22, took her last
breath surrounded by her family on May 6, 2021, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in
Cambridge.
It was only months after being told the pins and needles she had mistaken for exam
stress were caused by an incurable spinal cord tumour called a diffuse midline glioma a
type of cancer so rare it only affects 100 people a year in the UK.
Now, as part of Emilys legacy of kindness, her mum Lisa and stepdad Paul, both 54, and
her younger brother, Ben, 17, have vowed to keep her JustGiving campaign to fund
research at Addenbrookes Hospital into her type of cancer going until at least the end of
2021.
Lisa, of Cottenham, Cambridge, a retired bank worker, said of her daughter, who was in
her final year at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, studying business psychology
with a view to becoming a primary school teacher when she fell ill: Emily was kind.
She always worried about other people, not herself. I was astounded and inspired by her
strength and her courage.
She had grace and dignity which shone out of her and not once did she complain or ask,
Why me? Instead, she was grateful for the care she was given.
Emilys problems began in April 2020 when she noticed a strange pins -and-needles
sensation in her hands and feet, which she initially dismissed as being caused by the
stress of her upcoming exams.
Ignoring the weird feelings, she joined her mum,
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SCHICKSALE - Krebstod mit 22 Jahren: Trauernde Mutter will weiterhin Spenden sammeln in Erinnerung an ihre an Krebs verstorbene Tochter Emily Parsons
Emily in London five weeks before her diagnosis (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grieving mum vows to keep adding to the
£63k her remarkable daughter helped raise for
cancer research despite knowing she was dying at
just 22
By Susan Clark, PA Real Life
For video, contact video@pamediagroup.com
A grieving mum vows to keep fundraising in memory of her remarkable daughter, who
raised more than £10,000 for research into her condition in just 10 hours which soared
to £63,000 and has been climbing in the days since her death.
Talented and beautiful inside and out, university student Emily Parsons, 22, took her last
breath surrounded by her family on May 6, 2021, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in
Cambridge.
It was only months after being told the pins and needles she had mistaken for exam
stress were caused by an incurable spinal cord tumour called a diffuse midline glioma a
type of cancer so rare it only affects 100 people a year in the UK.
Now, as part of Emilys legacy of kindness, her mum Lisa and stepdad Paul, both 54, and
her younger brother, Ben, 17, have vowed to keep her JustGiving campaign to fund
research at Addenbrookes Hospital into her type of cancer going until at least the end of
2021.
Lisa, of Cottenham, Cambridge, a retired bank worker, said of her daughter, who was in
her final year at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, studying business psychology
with a view to becoming a primary school teacher when she fell ill: Emily was kind.
She always worried about other people, not herself. I was astounded and inspired by her
strength and her courage.
She had grace and dignity which shone out of her and not once did she complain or ask,
Why me? Instead, she was grateful for the care she was given.
Emilys problems began in April 2020 when she noticed a strange pins -and-needles
sensation in her hands and feet, which she initially dismissed as being caused by the
stress of her upcoming exams.
Ignoring the weird feelings, she joined her m
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SCHICKSALE - Krebstod mit 22 Jahren: Trauernde Mutter will weiterhin Spenden sammeln in Erinnerung an ihre an Krebs verstorbene Tochter Emily Parsons
Emily in London in September 2020 (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grieving mum vows to keep adding to the
£63k her remarkable daughter helped raise for
cancer research despite knowing she was dying at
just 22
By Susan Clark, PA Real Life
For video, contact video@pamediagroup.com
A grieving mum vows to keep fundraising in memory of her remarkable daughter, who
raised more than £10,000 for research into her condition in just 10 hours which soared
to £63,000 and has been climbing in the days since her death.
Talented and beautiful inside and out, university student Emily Parsons, 22, took her last
breath surrounded by her family on May 6, 2021, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in
Cambridge.
It was only months after being told the pins and needles she had mistaken for exam
stress were caused by an incurable spinal cord tumour called a diffuse midline glioma a
type of cancer so rare it only affects 100 people a year in the UK.
Now, as part of Emilys legacy of kindness, her mum Lisa and stepdad Paul, both 54, and
her younger brother, Ben, 17, have vowed to keep her JustGiving campaign to fund
research at Addenbrookes Hospital into her type of cancer going until at least the end of
2021.
Lisa, of Cottenham, Cambridge, a retired bank worker, said of her daughter, who was in
her final year at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, studying business psychology
with a view to becoming a primary school teacher when she fell ill: Emily was kind.
She always worried about other people, not herself. I was astounded and inspired by her
strength and her courage.
She had grace and dignity which shone out of her and not once did she complain or ask,
Why me? Instead, she was grateful for the care she was given.
Emilys problems began in April 2020 when she noticed a strange pins -and-needles
sensation in her hands and feet, which she initially dismissed as being caused by the
stress of her upcoming exams.
Ignoring the weird feelings, she joined her mum, brother an
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SCHICKSALE - Krebstod mit 22 Jahren: Trauernde Mutter will weiterhin Spenden sammeln in Erinnerung an ihre an Krebs verstorbene Tochter Emily Parsons
Emily in Dublin in 2019 (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grieving mum vows to keep adding to the
£63k her remarkable daughter helped raise for
cancer research despite knowing she was dying at
just 22
By Susan Clark, PA Real Life
For video, contact video@pamediagroup.com
A grieving mum vows to keep fundraising in memory of her remarkable daughter, who
raised more than £10,000 for research into her condition in just 10 hours which soared
to £63,000 and has been climbing in the days since her death.
Talented and beautiful inside and out, university student Emily Parsons, 22, took her last
breath surrounded by her family on May 6, 2021, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in
Cambridge.
It was only months after being told the pins and needles she had mistaken for exam
stress were caused by an incurable spinal cord tumour called a diffuse midline glioma a
type of cancer so rare it only affects 100 people a year in the UK.
Now, as part of Emilys legacy of kindness, her mum Lisa and stepdad Paul, both 54, and
her younger brother, Ben, 17, have vowed to keep her JustGiving campaign to fund
research at Addenbrookes Hospital into her type of cancer going until at least the end of
2021.
Lisa, of Cottenham, Cambridge, a retired bank worker, said of her daughter, who was in
her final year at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, studying business psychology
with a view to becoming a primary school teacher when she fell ill: Emily was kind.
She always worried about other people, not herself. I was astounded and inspired by her
strength and her courage.
She had grace and dignity which shone out of her and not once did she complain or ask,
Why me? Instead, she was grateful for the care she was given.
Emilys problems began in April 2020 when she noticed a strange pins -and-needles
sensation in her hands and feet, which she initially dismissed as being caused by the
stress of her upcoming exams.
Ignoring the weird feelings, she joined her mum, brother and stepdad
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SCHICKSALE - Krebstod mit 22 Jahren: Trauernde Mutter will weiterhin Spenden sammeln in Erinnerung an ihre an Krebs verstorbene Tochter Emily Parsons
Emily and Lisa in Croatia in 2019 (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grieving mum vows to keep adding to the
£63k her remarkable daughter helped raise for
cancer research despite knowing she was dying at
just 22
By Susan Clark, PA Real Life
For video, contact video@pamediagroup.com
A grieving mum vows to keep fundraising in memory of her remarkable daughter, who
raised more than £10,000 for research into her condition in just 10 hours which soared
to £63,000 and has been climbing in the days since her death.
Talented and beautiful inside and out, university student Emily Parsons, 22, took her last
breath surrounded by her family on May 6, 2021, at the Arthur Rank Hospice in
Cambridge.
It was only months after being told the pins and needles she had mistaken for exam
stress were caused by an incurable spinal cord tumour called a diffuse midline glioma a
type of cancer so rare it only affects 100 people a year in the UK.
Now, as part of Emilys legacy of kindness, her mum Lisa and stepdad Paul, both 54, and
her younger brother, Ben, 17, have vowed to keep her JustGiving campaign to fund
research at Addenbrookes Hospital into her type of cancer going until at least the end of
2021.
Lisa, of Cottenham, Cambridge, a retired bank worker, said of her daughter, who was in
her final year at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, studying business psychology
with a view to becoming a primary school teacher when she fell ill: Emily was kind.
She always worried about other people, not herself. I was astounded and inspired by her
strength and her courage.
She had grace and dignity which shone out of her and not once did she complain or ask,
Why me? Instead, she was grateful for the care she was given.
Emilys problems began in April 2020 when she noticed a strange pins -and-needles
sensation in her hands and feet, which she initially dismissed as being caused by the
stress of her upcoming exams.
Ignoring the weird feelings, she joined her mum, brother an
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie Fowler described the day her daughter's tumour was discovered as her "worst fear coming true". PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August rev *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Scans of Maddie's eyes revealed her optic nerve was clouded. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies pr *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler posing with waxworks of the Spice Girls. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescrip *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler suffered headaches and clouded vision. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescripti *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie and Josh Fowler with their children Keane, 13, Maddie, 9, and Rhys, 16. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant cha *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie Fowler with dad Josh. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescription for
long sight prompt
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie and Maddie Fowler. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescription for
long sight prompting
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Julie Fowler, on her 40th birthday, with, from left, Keane, 13, Maddie, 9, and Rhys, 16. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a sign *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
From left, Josh Fowler, 37, Rhys, 16, Julie Fowler, 40, Maddie, 9, and Keane, 13. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant *
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SCHICKSALE - Bei einem routinemässigen Sehtest entdecken Ärzte einen Hirntumor bei der 9-jährigen Maddie
Maddie and Julie returned to the optician's to thank Harjit Bansal who spotted her condition. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a *
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Maddie is now recovering at home. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescription for
long sight p
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Maddie was left with a jagged line of staples in her head. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies pres *
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Maddie Fowler had headaches during lockdown but couldn't get an eyetest. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change i *
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Maddie had to undergo a total of 18 hours of surgery. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Maddies prescript *
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Maddie Fowler was hospitalised for surgery to remove a brain tumour. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum relives the horror of a routine eye test revealing that her daughters cloudy vision
was due to a brain tumour
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A devoted mum relived her worst day ever when instead of taking her daughter Christmas
shopping, she found herself in the local eye hospital being told her nine-year-olds cloudy
vision was because of a brain tumour.
Little Madison Fowler, of Kingshurst, Birmingham, needed two operations lasting a total of
18 hours to remove a ping pong ball-sized tumour growing behind her left eye, after a
trainee optician noticed an anomaly during her eye test.
Now Julie Fowler, 40, who also has sons Rhys, 16, and Keane, 13, with her roofer husband,
Josh, 37, is urging parents to make sure their children have regular tests, saying: Its so
important to get routine eye checks and if you do suffer from headaches, just try and take it
further.
I know schools check childrens eyes in reception, but I do think people dont bother as
much as they get older.
It takes minutes to go and get your kids eyes checked its really important.
Maddie didnt have really bad headaches and you would think with something as serious as
a brain tumour that you would be really ill and unwell.
You just dont expect anything like that at all.
Maddie who like her brothers wears spectacles first complained of headaches in March
2020, but the opticians were closed because of the first Covid -19 lockdown, so Julie could
not get her eyes tested.
Thinking it might be stress, when the pain persisted, in May Julie took her to the local walkin centre, where she was given blood tests and prescribed sinus sprays.
Stay at home mum Julie, who also has two English bull terriers, Ruby and Tash, said: They
checked her all over and said she was fine.
They also did some blood tests, which were clear.
But, a routine eye test in August revealed a significant change in Ma *
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Isla was just two when she was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the
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Isla was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) in October 2019. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the foll
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Amanda Hussey's daughter Isla was diagnosed with childhood leukaemia. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the follo
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Isla, pictured in hospital. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the following Tuesday, she took Isla to see the GP.
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Amanda Hussey, Dale Chapman and children Isla and Caben. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the following Tuesday,
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Amanda and daughter Isla in hospital. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the following Tuesday, she took Isla to s
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Isla's first round of chemotherapy killed her cancer cells. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became worse and, the following Tuesd
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The family were able to stay in accommodation provided by children's charity CLIC Sargent. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became
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At one point Amanda was not even allowed to speak around her daughter as her voice would cause sedated Isla to pull out her tubes. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral
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Isla was taken by ambulance to Bristol Royal Children's Hospital where she was put into intensive care. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass,
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Isla’s problems first came to light in October 2019 when she woke up with swollen lips. PA REAL LIFE *** Mum of cancer-stricken tot set for a magical Christmas against the odds as
her girl finally comes home from hospital - despite two bone marrow donors
pulling out at the eleventh hour
By Susan Clark and Anders Anglesey, PA Real Life
A mum who described her screams of raw grief when her little girl was diagnosed with
leukaemia is determined that this Christmas will signal a new and happy chapter for her
family, as they celebrate the festivities at home.
When Amanda Hussey, 28, and her fiancé, Dale Chapman, 29, were told in October 2019
that their daughter, Isla, had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) their whole world came
crashing down.
But, after months of virtually living in hospital and nail-biting worry while she waited for
transplant surgery, she is back home in Plymouth, Devon and will turn four this week
before enjoying an intimate Christmas dinner with her mum, carpenter dad and brother,
Caben, two.
Amanda, who spent 10 years in the RAF but is now a part-time beautician, said: Im
looking forward to waking up in our own home on December 25.
I cant wait to see how excited the kids get when they realise Santa has been and then
cooking a Christmas dinner for the four of us.
This time last year, the family was struggling through a nightmare, after Isla was
diagnosed with AML.
A cancer of the white blood cells, it is so rare that, according to Cancer Research UK,
only about 3,000 people are diagnosed annually in the UK, less than 100 of whom are
children.
Amanda said: When we were given the diagnosis, I was thinking, Im going to lose my
child, but how can a two-year-old get cancer?'
Islas problems first came to light on Sunday, October 6, 2019, when she woke up with
swollen lips and was not her normal energetic self.
Calling her local doctors service, Amanda was told it was most likely a viral infection that
would pass, but it became wo
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SCHICKSALE - Babywunsch geht in Erfüllung: Emma Davis nennt ihr Kind aus Dankbarkeit nach der behandelnden Ärztin Grace
Emma in hospital. PA REAL LIFE *** Marathon runner who needed fertility treatment after
cervical cancer at 31 names baby born following a
single round of IVF after her doctors
By Jessica Frank-Keyes, PA Real Life
A marathon runner who needed fertility treatment after harrowing surgery for cervical
cancer at just 31 has named her miracle baby after her IVF doctor.
Emma Davis, 39, had just run the London Marathon in April 2013 when abnormal bleeding
in between periods alerted her to other unusual symptoms, prompting her to see her GP.
A local childrens services officer for the council, Emma had missed a cervical smear and,
also experiencing back pain, weight loss, abnormal discharge and bleeding after sex, she
was referred to a specialist.
Needing extensive surgery to remove her cervix and lymph nodes after cancer was
diagnosed, Emma and her now husband, Rob, 43, a YMCA charity worker, sought help
after two years of failing to fall pregnant.
Now proud parents to Willow Grace, 11 weeks, conceived after a single round of IVF,
Emma, who lives near Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, said: After falling pregnant on our
first round of IVF, we just felt so incredibly lucky.
We called our baby Grace after our doctors, but her name also represents a message of
hope to us.
She is our miracle baby and I sing You Are My Sunshine to her every day, as she really
is our ray of sunshine after some very grey times.
Emma received her shocking cancer diagnosis after running the Lo ndon marathon in April
2013, when some abnormal bleeding caused her to consider other strange symptoms she
had been experiencing, ranging from weight loss to bleeding after sex.
I thought, This just isnt right, and saw my GP, she said.
They did my screening there and then and the nurse told me she thought she could see a
polyp.
Referred through the NHS two-week cancer pathway, Emma was seen at the womens
clinic at Crawley Hospital, where a consultant told her he was shocked by her symp
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Charlotte and Lewis with Olivia dressed for Halloween (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Woman who feared she would never become a mum after cancer battle welcomes her
second baby thanks to a pioneering fertility treatment
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A woman who thought she would never become a mum after being diagnosed with
cervical cancer in her twenties is expecting her second baby - thanks to pioneering
treatment designed to protect fertility.
Charlotte Sage, 31, was just 28 when her second routine smear test revealed she had
high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) - a common group of viruses that can cause
cancer - and high grade cervical cell changes.
A year before she had emigrated from Colchester, Essex, to Bedford, New
Hampshire, USA, with her now husband, Lewis, 36, a manufacturing company
manager and, after it was confirmed she had stage one B1 cervical cancer in October
2017, she became her consultant's first patient to receive special fertility sparing
treatment.
Recalling how her oncologist at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, New
Hampshire, had, coincidentally, just returned from a medical conference on cancer
treatment designed to protect fertility, the stay-at-home mum said: "I was a perfect
candidate.
I was her first patient and she really understood that I wanted to have a family one
day.
She went through the more aggressive options like having a hysterectomy, but told
me about this new way of delivering chemotherapy in smaller weekly doses.
It was using two types of chemotherapy drugs taxol and carboplatin, which are
typically administered to women with ovarian cancer.
After receiving smaller doses of chemotherapy over a nine week period, as well as
surgery to remove the tumour on her cervix, Charlotte was declared cancer free in
April 2018 - discovering she was pregnant for the first time with her daughter Olivia
exactly a year later.
Now preparing to celebrate her little girl's first birthday on December 16, Char
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Amy and Craig after she graduated from university (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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Amy and Craig on their wedding day (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the we
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil on the Future Dreams shoot (PA Real Life and Future Dreams) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil on the Future Dreams shoot (PA Real Life and Future Dreams) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil on the Future Dreams shoot (PA Real Life and Future Dreams) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil on the Future Dreams shoot (PA Real Life and Future Dreams) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil on the Future Dreams shoot (PA Real Life and Future Dreams) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil and Evie (PA Real Life Collect) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite pro-active and good at seein
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SCHICKSALE - Hirntumor während der Schwangerschaft: Werdende Mutter schrieb Tagebuch in ihren schwersten Stunden
Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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SCHICKSALE - Hirntumor während der Schwangerschaft: Werdende Mutter schrieb Tagebuch in ihren schwersten Stunden
Amy and Darcy (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Mum releases heartbreaking extracts from letters she wrote her baby daughter
in case she died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour while pregnant
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
A mum who put her own life at risk to save her baby after being diagnosed with a
brain tumour during pregnancy, has shared moving diary extracts thanking the tot for
bringing "sunshine" into her darkest days.
Terrified she might not survive a 14 hour operation to remove the walnut-sized
tumour, Amy Mitchell, 34, recorded her thoughts in an intimate diary - hoping her
supermarket manager husband Craig, 42, and daughter Darcy would read them if she
died.
Business manager Amy, of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, said: I prepared for the
worst.
"I wrote letters to Darcy and Craig in the build up, which I still find too upsetting to
read.
"And I kept a diary for Darcy throughout my pregnancy and beyond, so she could read
how I was feeling and know she was loved.
I left them in our bedroom somewhere I knew Craig would find them if I didnt make it
home.
Amy, whose surgery on May 21 was initially thought to have removed 95 per cent of
the non-malignant tumour is now awaiting radiotherapy to blast what is left.
She first felt poorly on honeymoon in Devon, after marrying Craig in March 2018,
seven years after meeting at work, and recalls feeling "foggy-headed."
She said: I thought it was a head cold, but then I started getting this rushing noise in
my ears which made it really hard to hear.
After returning home, her GP thought Amy had an ear infection and prescribed a
spray, but the rushing noise continued.
In June 2018, after seeing the GP twice more, she was referred to an ear specialist at
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, where they discussed her possibly requiring hearing aids.
But when hearing tests proved inconclusive, by then finding it difficult even to use the
telephone, Amy was given an MRI scan the week before Christmas.
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Phil (PA Real Life Collect) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite pro-active and good at seeing the doc
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SCHICKSALE - Diagnose Brustkrebs: Beim Spielen mit der Tochter wird Phil Alderson auf seine Krankheit aufmerksam
Evie (PA Real Life Collect) *** Dad diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump when
his daughter nudged him during playtime
By Harriet Whitehead, PA Real Life
*With video contact video@pamediagroup.com
A dad who discovered his sense of adventure after beating breast cancer in his 40s
told how he is now doing everything from Latin dancing to modelling.
T-shirt designer and illustrator Phil Alderson, 48, was alerted to a lump behind his left
nipple, after a nudge from his daughter, Evie, 10, as they played together during the
summer holidays in 2016 caused him discomfort.
Just two weeks later, Phil, of The Wirral, Merseyside, became one of only 350 men in
the UK to be diagnosed with breast cancer each year - compared to 55,000 woman according to Cancer Research UK.
Experiencing two whirlwind months, in which he was diagnosed, given a mastectomy
and then the all clear, he felt "lucky to be alive," adding: My diagnosis put things into
perspective.
"I realised life is relatively short, so I started saying yes more and pushed myself out
of my comfort zone.
'Take action and do not worry about the outcome,' is an excellent mantra to live by."
Phil is also campaigning with celebrities including Calum Best, for breast cancer
charity Future Dreams, to raise awareness of the disease and get people to donate.
He said: The biggest reaction I get when people hear Ive had breast cancer is, I
didnt realise men could get it. Ninety nine per cent of people I speak to say that.
The reason I speak out is to try and help others. If having a conversation about it can
help save a man or women's life, its worth it. Im not ashamed to talk about it."
Phil, who is separated from Evie's mum, found his lump after his daughter nudged him
as they played together on a Sunday morning.
He said: Evie elbowed me in the chest while playing and it felt weird. I then
discovered a tiny pea sized lump behind my left nipple.
Im quite pro-active and good at seeing the doc
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SCHICKSALE - Teenager Charlotte stirbt nur wenige Monate nach ihrem 18. Geburtstag an Darmkrebs
Sarah, Charlotte, Elliott and David, Christmas Eve 2019 (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grief-stricken mother pays tribute to her daughter one of the
youngest ever bowel cancer patients who died months after
turning 18
By Jamie Blue Mountain, PA Real Life
A heartbroken mum has paid tribute to her beautiful daughter, who became one of the
youngest people ever to die from bowel cancer in the UK, just months after turning 18.
A year ago, Charlotte Simpson was starting her second A level year, happily involved
with a lovely boyfriend, Scott Dickinson, 19, a fellow student, and enjoying a close
family life with her devoted parents - former civil servant Sarah, 46, and carpet
company director David, 48 - and brother, Elliott, 15.
When she complained of an extreme stomach upset in October, no one dreamed it
would turn out to be stage four bowel cancer which - diagnosed two weeks before her
18th birthday - four months later, on May 22, claimed the sunny teenager's life.
Dying peacefully at home during lockdown in Whiteley, Hampshire, surrounded by her
family, Charlotte was one of on average just three 15 to 19 year olds to be diagnosed
annually with the disease, according to the charity Bowel Cancer UK.
Her mum, Sarah, said: "I couldn't believe someone so young could be diagnosed with
a disease you associate with older people.
"Doctors ran tests to see if it was genetic, but they came back negative and they told
us it wasn't hormonal.
"It felt like it was just rotten luck, but Charlotte's whole attitude from the start was
amazing. She said, 'It's going to be ok - when can i start treatment?'
"All she wanted to know was if she could still have babies.
"It was an absolute nightmare. Every day I would think, 'This can't be real.'"
Looking back a year to September 2019, Sarah remembers it as a particula rly lovely
time for her daughter.
"Charlotte was such a happy young woman," she said.
"She was very much in love with Scott as she entered her second ye
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SCHICKSALE - Teenager Charlotte stirbt nur wenige Monate nach ihrem 18. Geburtstag an Darmkrebs
Scott, Charlotte and Elliott (PA Real Life/Collect) *** Grief-stricken mother pays tribute to her daughter one of the
youngest ever bowel cancer patients who died months after
turning 18
By Jamie Blue Mountain, PA Real Life
A heartbroken mum has paid tribute to her beautiful daughter, who became one of the
youngest people ever to die from bowel cancer in the UK, just months after turning 18.
A year ago, Charlotte Simpson was starting her second A level year, happily involved
with a lovely boyfriend, Scott Dickinson, 19, a fellow student, and enjoying a close
family life with her devoted parents - former civil servant Sarah, 46, and carpet
company director David, 48 - and brother, Elliott, 15.
When she complained of an extreme stomach upset in October, no one dreamed it
would turn out to be stage four bowel cancer which - diagnosed two weeks before her
18th birthday - four months later, on May 22, claimed the sunny teenager's life.
Dying peacefully at home during lockdown in Whiteley, Hampshire, surrounded by her
family, Charlotte was one of on average just three 15 to 19 year olds to be diagnosed
annually with the disease, according to the charity Bowel Cancer UK.
Her mum, Sarah, said: "I couldn't believe someone so young could be diagnosed with
a disease you associate with older people.
"Doctors ran tests to see if it was genetic, but they came back negative and they told
us it wasn't hormonal.
"It felt like it was just rotten luck, but Charlotte's whole attitude from the start was
amazing. She said, 'It's going to be ok - when can i start treatment?'
"All she wanted to know was if she could still have babies.
"It was an absolute nightmare. Every day I would think, 'This can't be real.'"
Looking back a year to September 2019, Sarah remembers it as a particula rly lovely
time for her daughter.
"Charlotte was such a happy young woman," she said.
"She was very much in love with Scott as she entered her second year of college taking health
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