'I thought I was too young for cancer at 21 and blamed it on hay fever'

Mihaela Măncilă

A young woman received a blood cancer diagnosis after initially writing off her symptoms as hay fever . Izzy Darnes, 21, believed she was 'too young for cancer' before doctors confirmed she had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in June last year. She had been feeling exhausted for about a week beforehand and attributed a skin rash to hay fever. Izzy also assumed the bruising that emerged was simply from knocking into objects whilst redecorating her bedroom. Having initially ignored the warning

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