Sittingbourne: Man diagnosed with cancer aged 15 and 18 raises awareness

Before a diagnosis was made, Mr Taylor said he returned to his GP repeatedly.

After choking on a lamb he couldn’t swallow, he returned to his doctor and was rushed to Medway Hospital, where they found a large tumor in his trachea and chest, which had spread to his liver , kidneys and spleen.

Mr Taylor finished treatment in 2016 after chemotherapy and surgery, but in 2019 his symptoms returned and he was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome, a form of cancer that occurs when bone marrow fails to produce healthy blood cells.

He is now trying to raise awareness of the symptoms of cancer in young people.