Mum's extreme tiredness before being told she wouldn't make Christmas

Mum's extreme tiredness before being told she wouldn't make Christmas

A mother-of-four who was diagnosed with leukaemia and told she “wouldn’t make it to Christmas” that year unless she started treatment immediately has done a cartwheel every day to celebrate reaching remission. Urban designer Lucy Musgrave, 58, who lives in London, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) – a “very aggressive” type of blood cancer – in September 2021 after experiencing severe exhaustion.

At the time, Lucy was informed by her consultant that if she did not start treatment straight away, she would not survive to see Christmas that year. Lucy, the founding director of research and urban design practice Publica, was given blood transfusions and started intensive chemotherapy days later, spending six