'I thought I was just tired, then I got a life threatening diagnosis at only 15' - The hidden symptoms you need to know

A 23-year-old who miraculously survived a life-threatening diagnosis has spoken out about the hidden symptoms of an illness after believing he was just tired. Nathan Hall was only 15 when he decided to see his GP about fatigue, but instead received the devastating news that he had acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

Nathan was forced to undergo gruelling treatment in Manchester which ‘wiped him out completely’. He was ‘underweight, tired and primarily bald’ as a young teenager.

A year after being given the all-clear, Nathan faced yet another cancer battle after relapsing. An intense round of surgery later, he miraculously survived cancer a second time - and is now raising awareness of the hidden symptoms everyone should know.

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Nathan was first diagnosed in March of 2015, two months after his 15th birthday. “When I began feeling very worn out from walking up my stairs, I went to my GP a few days later. The following night, I was called up and told to go to hospital for further tests. Then, within 48 hours of diagnosis, I was transported down to Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, not knowing this is where I would end up spending the next four months battling cancer,” said Nathan.

“By mid-summer 2015, I had battled through four rounds of intense chemotherapy which wiped me out completely – I was underweight, tired and, primarily bald. But finally, I was declared in a state of remission and allowed to return home. The next few months were scary for me, constant worrying if my cancer would return. Knowing the survival rates following relapse only made me overthink – much more than I should have.”

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