She explained: “After being off work for about two weeks with a serious bout of flu I went into the office and whilst at my desk discovered a peach sized lump in the side of my neck.”

“Even then I wasn’t too worried because I just never even contemplated there would be anything serious wrong with me, naively.”Georgie dismissed her symptoms and expressed concern that she was “wasting everyone’s time” by seeing the doctor.

“During this time I was losing weight, having night sweats, constantly exhausted and a never-ending stream of colds and flus but I just thought I was on the go too much and wearing myself out.”“None of my friends understood what I was going through, and as supportive as they were, it’s hard to comfort and relate to something you don’t understand.”