‘Kev told me he’d fancied me from that first moment’ My twin sister, Caroline, fidgeted nervously in the hospital waiting room as we waited for my results.
‘It’ll be OK,’ I reassured her.
We were identical, went through everything together.
Moments later, four doctors arrived. My heart lurched.
I’d had what seemed like a chest infection. Next, I’d found a small lump on my neck. I was covered with bruises, too.
I’d had tests, convinced it was nothing serious, as I was only 19.
But now...
‘I’m afraid you have acute lymphoblastic leukaemia,’ said one doctor.
Known as ALL, it was an aggressive blood cancer.
Without immediate treatment, I’d die.
In a blur, I called my mum, Helen, 55, at work.
She met us at the hospital and my treatment…
