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Trying to be heard.

I was exhausted, breathless, and bleeding when I brushed my teeth. But somehow, still not “unwell enough.” Two GPs in, and I was starting to believe them.

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Three visits later.

Three GP visits, zero progress. Still breathless, bleeding, and being ignored. Mum came with me once - and suddenly, things moved.

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The call.

The GP rang. “You need to get to hospital - now.” Apparently, I wasn’t being dramatic after all. No flight home. Just an Uber to A&E.

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The waiting room.

I thought the hospital looked like a spaceship. I didn’t realise I was about to be launched into medical chaos. Hindsight says: you don’t get express service at A&E for nothing.

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Where it all came together.

Everything blurred – time, words, reality. Ben tensed, Mum nodded, and I drifted somewhere else. This wasn’t happening. But it was.

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A hug from dad.

The diagnosis was clear. The future? Not so much. But in that hospital room, wrapped in my dad’s arms, I finally understood just how serious this was.

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