'I've got a life-threatening disease - and have chemotherapy in my garden shed'

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A retired headteacher had chemotherapy in his garden shed while being treated for bladder cancer. Des Burns was first diagnosed with the life-threatening illness back in 2018, shortly before he retired.

When blood was found in his urine, he received devastating news of his diagnosis. After quick treatment, he spent three years cancer-free, until tragically the illness returned.

But thanks to a groundbreaking service by Manchester’s internationally acclaimed cancer centre, The Christie, Des could get treatment from home – including in his decked out garden shed while his sitting room was being redecorated. READ MORE: ‘My partner begged me not to, and I thought it was selfish, but I had to do it' The 67-year-old from Bury spoke of the first time he knew something was wrong back in 2018: “I was over in Ireland when I first knew something was wrong. “I was going to the toilet a lot but just thought I just needed some antibiotics.

Then I saw there was blood in my urine – and a lot of it. I went to see my GP and was put on the cancer fast track. "From Easter, everything happened quickly.