Stop cancer destroying teenage lives
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Cancer kills more teenagers and young adults in the UK than any other disease.
For those who survive, going through it without the right support can be devastating – physically and emotionally.
Today, and every day, seven young people will hear the words “you have cancer”. In the current healthcare crisis, there’s never been a worse time to receive that news.
They urgently need your help.
Make a donation todayMy Youth Support Coordinator Clare made such a difference in hospital. I couldn’t have got through cancer without her.
Yami during her cancer treatment
![Yami's 18th brithday](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-09/yami-0001a.jpg?itok=iY74nNp5)
2021
My 18th birthday, before being diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma.
![Yami, a young person with cancer taking a selfie](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0001.jpg?itok=-5L_qeZ-)
March 2021
Out with my boyfriend Adam - little did I know I had Hodgkin lymphoma and was soon to be diagnosed.
![Young person with cancer in a Teenage Cancer Trust ward with her parents](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0002.jpg?itok=mOvPI_Dd)
July 2021
I've been diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma, this is the first time I was in hospital (with my dad).
![Yami in a hospital during Chemo treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0006.jpg?itok=PY_QyXHZ)
July 2021
During my first time in hospital, I had to have my lungs drained after fluid buildup.
![Yami, a young person with cancer showing her hair loss during chemo treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0003.jpg?itok=SBGewCrI)
Early September 2021
The day I realised my hair was thinning due to chemotherapy treatment.
![Yami taking a selfie before going out showing her hair loss during cancer treatment.](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0007.jpg?itok=FQ8O_Q3d)
Early September 2021
A day after shaving my head due to chemotherapy thinning my hair.
![Yami taking a selfie out and about having a milkshake, showing her hair loss during cancer treatment.](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0004.jpg?itok=10D8Kh4c)
End of September 2021
During my cancer treatment, me and Adam went to grab a Starbucks.
![Yami in a hospital lift going for Chemo treatment during the pandemic](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0005.jpg?itok=-W4VrMOq)
New Years 2022
I’d been admitted to hospital a few days before this photo and found out I’d relapsed.
![Yami taking a selfie showing her hair growing back, after chemo](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-08/yami-0008.jpg?itok=vgIPSApD)
March 2023
Off out for Mother's Day brunch. The treatment is over and my hair is returning.
![Selfie of Yami at the end of her treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-09/yami-022023.jpg?itok=UHQV9BSd)
2023
After a long road to recovery, I'm finally starting to feel like myself and my hair is returning.
![Yami at the end of her treatment, out at a roof topo resturant](/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_tiny/public/2023-09/yami-2023.jpg?itok=puYdUGpt)
2023
It's great to be out and about having fun again. This is me at a fancy rooftop restaurant :)
Donate today and help stop cancer destroying teenage lives
Make a Donation TodayWhy support Teenage Cancer Trust
With your help today, we can fund specialist nurses and youth workers to be there for a young person when cancer has turned their world upside down.
Our life-changing work relies on donations from the public – we can’t do it without you.
You can help make sure cancer doesn’t rob young people of the best years of their life.
Our registered charity details: 1062559 (England & Wales), SC039757 (Scotland).