A YOUNG man whose leukaemia was initially mistaken for a migraine has revealed the very moment he first knew something was wrong.
Hamish Graham was just 23 when he began feeling dizzy and tired back in May 2020. His family also noticed he had lost a lot of weight.
Struggling to get a GP appointment in the ongoing pandemic, Hamish was taken to an out-of-hours practice where he was told he likely had a migraine.
But his mum Sarah, 57, pushed for a blood test which later revealed he had leukaemia, a blood cancer which develops in the bone marrow or lymphatic system.
With the world gripped by the pandemic, Hamish, from Littleborough, Rochdale, was forced to isolate for six weeks before undergoing gruelling treatment. He endured three years of chemotherapy before finally going into remission in 2023.
But it's not the first time the family have experienced a health shock - with Hamish being diagnosed with a rare brain tumour when he was just seven.
Hamish, now 28, was just a tot when he began feeling unwell out of nowhere, prompting Sarah to take him to a doctor.
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