Her bruises were actually leukaemia
Emily Land, 21, went to see her GP after she started finding the bruises. She was sent to St James' Hospital in October 2021 for blood tests and was told that very day that she had acute myeloid leukaemia - cancer of the white blood cells.
"It was different for my mum, she knew the severity of the situation. I didn't take anything from that whole time. When I got told I had relapsed it was worse because I didn't know what to expect with the transplant. "They told me how cancer had come back, and I went upstairs to tell her. The medical team came around to the house to collect Emily and take her to the hospital.Emily had to start chemotherapy again last September, and also caught pneumonia twice and had sepsis three times. Her younger sister Millie was tested immediately to see if she was a match, but unfortunately she wasn't.
"A lot of my friends took it upon themselves to go everywhere and get people signed up. We were at Leeds train station every Saturday getting people signed up, we went to Elland Road and stood outside colleges.Emily said: "The recovery was tough, that was the hardest thing. I had restarted the gym, I had been walking and for me to not even be able to have a shower or walk to the bathroom without being out of breath or needing help was frustrating.
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