My Story in the beginning

I was diagnosed with Acute Promyelocytic Leukaemia (APML sub type of APL) when I was 23 years old, I am now 36 years old. It has been over 10 years and I am cured of the disease.

I remember the day before I decided to go to the doctors I found symptoms of easy  bruising, blood rashes and becoming short of breath very easily. I went to the local doctor and was given a blood test; the next day I received a call to see him. At this point I knew something was wrong - I got ready, I felt much sicker then yesterday, easily running out of breath walking down the hill to see the doctor.

He saw me immediately without having to wait and told me the blood results are back and it shows that I may have leukaemia and I needed to go to the hospital now. I felt like I got hit by a bus when he told me.

I had to go through 4 batches of Chemotherapy with each batch needing a week to be administered.

After the first batch I was diagnosed as in remission but I had to have 3 more just in case and stayed in remission throughout. At the end of the Chemotherapy my doctor told me that he would like me to go through radiotherapy to hopefully keep me in remission which I declined, I remained in remission and now I am considered cured of Leukemia.

Overall, I was sick for 9 months with most of the time having to stay in hospital.

Leaving the hospital life I immediately changed my lifestyle, started eating more fruits and vegetables and exercised regularly. Went back to studying, got a job and lived a normal life again but with a different outlook on life.

Before I got diagnosed I used to eat a lot of junk food and had very little fruits and veges, rarely exercised and I was a bit overweight. I am much healthier and happier now, I have a family with a healthy 3 year old daughter.

I would like my blog to be an opportunity to share what I did to fight cancer and stay healthy in the hope that it may help others.

I would like to thank my family, friends, nurses & doctors who supported me through this tough time, all of you helped me to stay positive and continue fighting.

*PLEASE NOTE: In my blog I will be sharing how and what I did to fight the cancer I had. I will be sharing particular foods I ate, products I used and alternate health practitioners I saw etc. I would like to let you  know that I do not have any arrangement or get paid from any products company or practitioners  that I mention in my blog. It is just to share what I believed helped me to become healthy.
Please do your own research and seek professional advise before trying anything that I share in my blog.