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CANCER HELPED ME FIND TRUE LOVE

Walking hand in hand among the twinkling lights of a local festive display, my partner Tom, 33, and I shared a kiss. It was December 2020 and, despite having met more than a year earlier, I could hardly believe we were here now, together. You see, our love story is a little different to most.

‘I GOT CHATTING TO ANOTHER PATIENT, TOM’

It was December 2018 when I started getting plagued with headaches. They weren’t unbearable, so I didn’t think they were a cause for concern, but soon they were happening every couple of days. My parents Joan and Mike, both 70, who I lived with, were concerned when painkillers didn’t seem to

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