Tired of Christmas
Andrew Moyens, 52, who lived in Birmingham (UK), went through a series of health problems on Christmas vacation in 2022, making him feel exhausted and tired.
He said: "I often doze off when working and infected in my chest so terrible that I wake up and not breathe ... increasingly difficult to walk only 360 meters without stopping four or four or four or four orFive times to regain the breath ".
After that, Andrew went to the family doctor and prescribed antibiotics and some other drugs.However, exhaustion does not improve.
Andrew Moyens often feel tired and exhausted in Christmas in 2022.
Andrew said: "I am often a pretty dynamic person - I play golf regularly, don't smoke and consider myself quite healthy person. But in the end I had to take a break for a week, during that time, I sleptThree days and almost not out of bed. ”
"At Christmas, I was still not well. I hardly participated in all the celebrations and hardly drinking alcohol. My wife did not understand what was happening to me. I just felt tired all the time all the timeStop".
Police knocked on the door after the hospital could not contact
When Andrew returned to the clinic, another doctor immediately conducted a blood test for him.After that, Andrew returned home in a state that he could not clean the Christmas tree.
"I remember I was so tired that I couldn't clean up the Christmas tree and lying on the sofa watching my wife put all the decorations," Andrew said."Now we still joke about it, but at that time, she wondered why I was lying and watching her do everything difficult."
Andrew continued: "Around 9:20 pm, there was a knock on the door. I thought it was my daughter who went to school to dance. But when I went to the door, there were two policemen standing there."
"They explained that the doctor tried to contact me all day, but because I did not see the message nor answer, the police were sent to check if I was okay."
"They told me that blood test results that morning showed that my life was threatened - I should prepare a bag of utensils overnight and they will take me to the hospital immediately."
When accompanied by police officers to the emergency room, Andrew was informed that his white blood cells "skyrocketed" and "attack each other".He was immediately blood transfusion and bone marrow biopsy the next morning.
Shocking diagnosis
Andrew said: "On January 5, the doctor came to see me and said that I had leukemia."
Acute myel marrow (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) is a type of cancer starting from bone bone -generating blood cells, according to the American Cancer Association.
Andrew added: "At that time, I really didn't know anything about leukemia. Of course, it was a very scary diagnosis.Thinking through your head.
Andrew needs a bone marrow transplant, and fortunately, both his brother and sister have 100%suitable results.In the end, his brother chose the donor for the surgery.
Andrew recovered after the surgery.
Andrew added: "I will always be grateful to all the medical care that I receive at all levels, but I can not overcome this without the love and dedication of my wife and daughter., as well as support and encouragement from my brother. ”
“They are my only relationship with the outside world in my darkest days in the hospital.Surrounded by those who are really important for positive spiritual attitudes, this certainly helped me in the fight against the disease. ”
Currently, Andrew has a more positive attitude.
“The whole experience has changed me 100%.My viewpoint is very different.I was much calmer and would not allow myself to be stressed or angry.What is useful when you can't change what you can't change? ”, The 52 -year -old said.
(According to Mirror)