A teen model who thought she had a cold was devastated when doctors revealed the cause of her symptoms. Life was just beginning for Billie Williams, who had just started professionally modelling and was enjoying a holiday to Spain with her family when she noticed a lump under her arm.

Having other symptoms of a cold, including a lingering cough, the then-13-year-old brushed it off as raised lymph nodes, but when they grew bigger, she knew there was something more concerning. Blood work and scans soon found the cause, and Billie’s parents, Emma and Nick, were given the news that she had Hodgkin lymphoma, an uncommon cancer that develops in the lymphatic system.

“It was so surreal,” said the teenager, from Derbyshire. “Even though I thought it could be cancer, I was still shocked when

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