A woman has revealed how she dismissed her painful aches and exhaustion as being a drama queen before being diagnosed with a rare leukaemia.
Lily Whitmarsh, 20, from Gillingham in Dorset, had a reputation for being a hypochondriac so when she started to complain about night sweats, cramps and fatigue last year, no one was too concerned - including herself.
But when huge bruises and blood spots all over her tongue and the inside of her cheeks appeared, Lily s concerned GP referred her to Salisbury hospital.
Following further tests, she was diagnosed with Philadelphia Positive Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (ALL), a rare and rapidly spreading blood cancer.