I'm 21 and have had chemotherapy during lockdown. I was one of the lucky ones
Since the start of the Covid-19 crisis, many hospitals have suspended routine cancer surgeries and chemotherapies
When I was diagnosed with stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma at the beginning of February, my mind immediately turned not to the illness and pain I knew would have to endure, but to the sadness of putting my life on pause. I could never have predicted that the world would end up putting its life on pause with me.
My treatment - an intensive chemotherapy regimen - began on 4 March and finished on 12 May, coinciding closely with the UK lockdown which began on 23 March and is looking to be relaxed over the coming weeks. I have been lucky that, despite Covid-19, treatment at my Teenage Cancer Trust unit has been able to go ahead without interruption. Most adult patients from my hospital have been transferred to a local private hospital. Other cancer patients have not been so fortunate.
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