Yami in hospital under going cancer treatment

Young people like Yami urgently need your help

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Cancer kills more teenagers and young adults in the UK than any other disease.  

For those who survive, going through it without the right support can be devastating – physically and emotionally. 

Today, and every day, seven young people will hear the words “you have cancer”. In the current healthcare crisis, there’s never been a worse time to receive that news. 

They urgently need your help. 

My Youth Support Coordinator Clare made such a difference in hospital. I couldn’t have got through cancer without her.

Yami, 18
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Yami during her cancer treatment

Yami's 18th brithday

2021

My 18th birthday, before being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.

Yami, a young person with cancer taking a selfie

March 2021

Out with my boyfriend Adam - little did I know I had Hodgkin lymphoma and was soon to be diagnosed.

Young person with cancer in a Teenage Cancer Trust ward with her parents

July 2021

I've been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, this is the first time I was in hospital (with my dad).

Yami in a hospital during Chemo treatment

July 2021

During my first time in hospital, I had to have my lungs drained after fluid buildup.

Yami, a young person with cancer showing her hair loss during chemo treatment

Early September 2021

The day I realised my hair was thinning due to chemotherapy treatment.

Yami taking a selfie before going out showing her hair loss during cancer treatment.

Early September 2021

A day after shaving my head due to chemotherapy thinning my hair.

Yami taking a selfie out and about having a milkshake, showing her hair loss during cancer treatment.

End of September 2021

During my cancer treatment, me and Adam went to grab a Starbucks.

Yami in a hospital lift going for Chemo treatment during the pandemic

New Years 2022

I’d been admitted to hospital a few days before this photo and found out I’d relapsed.

Yami taking a selfie showing her hair growing back, after chemo

March 2023

Off out for Mother's Day brunch. The treatment is over and my hair is returning.

Selfie of Yami at the end of her treatment

2023

After a long road to recovery, I'm finally starting to feel like myself and my hair is returning.

Yami at the end of her treatment, out at a roof topo resturant

2023

It's great to be out and about having fun again. This is me at a fancy rooftop restaurant :)

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Why support Teenage Cancer Trust

With your help today, we can fund specialist nurses and youth workers to be there for a young person when cancer has turned their world upside down. 

Our life-changing work relies on donations from the public – we can’t do it without you. 

You can help make sure cancer doesn’t rob young people of the best years of their life. 

Our registered charity details: 1062559 (England & Wales), SC039757 (Scotland). 

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