My name's Charlie Mitchell. I first had Hodgkin's Disease when I was 18,

and within five years, after five years, I was essentially given the all clear. They said, 'It's very unlikely this will come back.

It was one morning I got up, just having a shower, typically bathing,

I did find myself pushing around the collarbone, going, 'Right, there's something wrong there again'.

And we had an appointment arranged for the following week.

I remember clearly him saying, 'It's unlikely this is cancer. The likelihood of this having come back is so slim'.

He took the biopsy, got the results, a week later on I went back in,

and the doctor at the time straight away stood up and said, 'I'm sorry,

I'm at fault here, but sadly you've got relapsed Hodgkin's, it's come back.

Immediately you think 'Why me?' Again, it's that question.

As I say, Hodgkin's, diagnosis wise, it affects 15-35 year olds, fit and healthy.

If one was a heavy drinker or hard smoker, you might see a rhyme and a reason why one might have a liver or a lung cancer

but typically Hodgkin's, it was very much a 'Yeah, why me?'

Having had it previously, emotionally wise, once I got told, I was just like

'Right, come on, let's just get on and do this once and for all'.

One might get very caught up and cocooned and go 'Oh my god' and get so depressed about it but

I think the key to a lot of these battles is 50 per cent positive mental attitude.

I beat it once, I beat it twice. And we'll move on again.

I won't lie, the whole fertility and family thing is always on the back of the mind.

I'm very fortunate to have met a very nice girl again and she, prior to diagnosis, was on the scene,

going back to that looking for family and friends to help, I did push her away throughout the whole treatment.

but, moving forward, five months into the relationship,

we're even at a point now where we can talk about family down the line.

So it's not quite as daunting as it might have been back then.

I'm going to see my doctor every three months.

I've just been and had my first three-month check up and due to have my second one in a couple of weeks

and on the first one my doctor was very quick to say,

'This is going to happen regularly for the rest of your life. I don't want you out of my sight'.

Which, at the time, was a big sigh of relief, because you can't be too sure.

I think paranoia wise and health wise, moving on, it's understandable really.

Anything abnormal or different to look at on the body, or in terms of feelings, coughs, whatever it might be

My immediate reaction is 'Oh my god, is this coming back again?' At this moment, touch wood, so far so good.

I've had my first three-month check up, that was back in September.

I'm due for my second one at the end of this month, so, in a couple of weeks.

Trying to get back to a normal way of living as such.

We're getting there, but typically, there would be an element of self-loathing.

Should one be going out for a drink or have a few, more than one drink, and feeling awful the next day,

I reflect, 'Should I have done that?' Because I'm so vulnerable potentially, or susceptible, getting ill as such,

I think one is entitled to go out and enjoy life.

You hear that 'Life is too short' etcetera, so live life to the full, I think, to an extent. Don't overdo it.

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