My Cancer Was Cured - Thanks to a Tiny Baby ; Me and My Operation Leukaemia

Daily MailFebruary 10, 2009

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MANY of the 25,000 Britons who suffer from cancers of the blood, such as leukaemia, face an agonising wait for a bone marrow transplant. Judy Knight, 53, a practice nurse from Northamptonshire, had a new procedure using donated umbilical cord blood. She tells CAROL DAVIS her story, and her surgeon explains what was involved.

THE PATIENT

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My Cancer Was Cured - Thanks to a Tiny Baby ; Me and My Operation Leukaemia

ONE Sunday afternoon as I was Christmas shopping, I started feeling unwell. I was short of breath and had a sharp pain just below my diaphragm every time I breathed in.

After three days the pain hadn't gone, so I saw my GP. He thought it was a virus, but sent me for a blood test...

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