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'I hadn't considered becoming a dad until cancer almost made me infertile at 19'

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Jaymz Goodman was just 19-years-old when he found out he had cancer. His plans to join the Royal Air Force were thrown into turmoil when a check up for his persistent cough resulted in a diagnosis of T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.

Alongside his chemotherapy and other cancer treatments, he was also met with another unexpected decision - whether or not he wanted to have children one day. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Speaking to the Mirror, the now 26-year-old, who lives in Manchester, said: "When it started, I didn't know [the impact].

There was no conversation about infertility until I almost signed all of the paperwork to go through it. "Then it was a very last minute thing where they were like, 'ah, there's a chance that you're probably going to end up infertile during this'.

They wanted a sperm sample from me just completely out of the blue just before I started treatment. "There was an expectation I was going to become infertile." T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia is an acute and aggressive form of blood cancer that affects your white blood cells and develops quickly.

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