A MISDIAGNOSIS DESTROYED MY LIFE
Dec 21, 2021
4 minutes
WORDS: ROBIN EVELEIGH, FIONA
Climbing on to the stage and staring out at the sea of faces, I felt so nervous. It was July 2018 and there were thousands of people standing before me at Margate’s Race for Life. With the sun shining overhead, I took the microphone with shaking hands and began to address the crowd, telling them my story.
‘I FELT I’D BEEN HANDED A DEATH SENTENCE’
‘I was diagnosed with incurable blood cancer in August last year,’ I began. ‘And I don’t know how long I’ve got left to live.’
Pausing to take a deep breath, my eyes landed on my husband Garth, 49, and our daughters Odette, 31, Brogan, 26, Bailey, 23, and Tatum, 21. My family
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