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‘I had to relearn to walk after a rare illness – now people say I’m cheating by doing a marathon in my wheelchair’

Jessica Ward was diagnosed with scoliosis and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in 2022

The Independent UK · Sep 29

Dad told he was ‘too young for cancer’ dies six months after diagnosis

Ben Williams was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer (SCLC) after experiencing months of severe pain above his hip

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Woman, 29, facing double leg amputation after being ‘dismissed’ by doctors

Phoebe Phillips has been told she will need a double amputation in the years to come

The Independent UK · Aug 11

All my children might die before they’re 35, says mum after missed test results reveal rare genetic condition

Sarah Bingham, 39, from Weston-super-Mare, said her son Caleb nearly died at eight months old after having blood poisoning and bacterial meningitis

The Independent UK · May 22

‘Active’ man died eight months after terminal cancer diagnosis – despite showing no signs

Jon Hough was moved into a hospice for the final weeks of his life before he died on March 24, 2025, aged 47

The Independent UK · Apr 29

‘I dismissed my symptoms as food poisoning. Then meningitis almost killed me’

Hannah Ewing, 26, says the bacterial meningitis outbreak in Kent has left her fearful

The Independent UK · Mar 24

I was told it was ‘just a bad period’ – I actually had endometriosis

‘I’d been fobbed off for so long and told that this isn’t what’s wrong with me, so when I was diagnosed, I almost felt vindicated because I was right – but I was angry’

The Independent UK · Mar 23

‘Active’ man diagnosed with MS at 26 after falling over on lads’ holiday in Ibiza

George Mckinty noticed the first sign of multiple sclerosis while at the gym in August 2021

The Independent UK · Mar 18

I was diagnosed with cancer after the London Marathon – now I’m running it with my daughter

Pritpal Kaur first attempt to run the marathon in 2023 led to ‘bad back pain’ and fatigue which she attributed to the gruelling experience

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Doctors discovered we were identical twins during my cancer battle

Growing up, twin sisters Caitlin and Grace Leggett assumed they weren’t identical but that all changed following a cancer diagnosis

The Independent UK · Feb 24