Tom Kerton, who was diagnosed a week after his 16th birthday, urges others to get symptoms checked.
A young man is urging people to get symptoms checked after his breathlessness turned out to be blood cancer.
"Over the course of a week I had gotten progressively worse," he said. "I was so breathless, I was struggling to go up stairs and my heart was pounding just sitting down.Mr Kerton was quickly put on a rigorous treatment plan lasting for three years at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. After finishing an intensive block of treatment, Mr Kerton then faced two-and-a-half years of taking chemo tablets every day, one treatment of intravenous chemo a month, along with other treatments every 12 weeks.
However, on 15 February 2021 he underwent his last treatment and checks since then show he remains clear of the cancer.Tom Kerton and his girlfriend Ellie
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