EMMA Rosic was in what she considered to be normal health. But when she started juggling work with parenting her little boy Frankie, she began to feel a bit more tired than usual. 13 Emma Rosic ready for a CT scan in January Credit: Jam Press/@emmaconqueredcancer 13 The mum with her husband Darran and son Frankie in August 2022 before falling ill Credit: Jam Press/@emmaconqueredcancer The 32-year-old didn’t think anything was out of the ordinary until she experienced a range of other symptoms – including night sweats , itchy skin, weight loss and, most strangely, a swollen lymph node in her neck.
While doctors initially believed she was suffering from tonsillitis , Emma continued to battle ill health, culminating in her lung collapsing while out shopping for gifts for her son. Finally, after six months of raising concerns to doctors, an X-ray revealed the truth: Emma had a large mass in her chest, which turned out to be lymphoma – a type of blood cancer . “The diagnosis turned our lives upside down,” Emma, from Hampshire, said.
READ MORE ON LYMPHOMA ORDEAL I thought I had flu - when I started laughing like a seagull I knew it was serious PINT OF PAIN The rare symptom of cancer in young people that appears when you drink alcohol “Having a little boy and getting this kind of news is the hardest thing ever. “As a parent, I was concerned how I would deal with it all and still parent my child – who was only four at the time. “I didn’t know I had cancer for a lo.
