Man, 27, who had 'never been sick' given three weeks to live after noticing 'purple spots' on his chest
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA man who said he had 'never really been sick before' was given three weeks to live by doctors after being diagnosed with leukaemia.
Harry Simpson first noticed 'a couple of purple spots' on his chest last February, the Liverpool Echo reports. The 27-year-old said he 'thought nothing of it' and spent the next two weeks celebrating his birthday in Dubai.
But when he returned home, the search and rescue worker noticed he had started struggling to breathe. After multiple tests and weeks in hospital, he was diagnosed with early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ETP-ALL) and told he could have 'maximum three weeks left'. READ MORE: 'My daughter was suffering nightmare headaches - months later she was dead' He said he realised that something wrong after a week of winter training in the mountains.
Harry, who studied criminology and sociology at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) before leaving for a job in Belfast, said: "I was really tired, just fatigued.
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