Mollie's Mission to raise awareness of cancer in young people

Mollie Mulheron was diagnosed with stage-four cancer after collapsing in a supermarket a year ago. She had recently returned home from travelling in the Galapagos Islands where she had begun experiencing symptoms and had been told by doctors that she was ‘too stressed’.

After collapsing in the supermarket, doctors told her she had stage four non-Hodgkins lymphoma with a large tumour on her heart and lungs.

She had six months of treatment, is now in remission, and has gone back to work part time. She has written a guide, with the help of her nurses, for fellow cancer sufferers, 'live-laugh Lymphoma', and is now using her experiences to go into schools and raise awareness of cancer in young people.

Mollie said: "Since I have reached remission I have multiple friends die around me that I met on the ward, simply because their cancer was found too late.

"I simply cannot stand by and watch it happen. The rates of youth cancer are increasing exponentially, doctors have told me this. They don’t know the reason- some say western diet, some say Covid but who knows."

Mollie added: "I have gone back part time to work and in my day off I want to make it ‘Mollie’s mission' , to raise awareness of this huge problem. I have been into a couple of schools to talk about it and it was such a hit and I even had parents contacting me after to say thank-you."

Mollie says in addition to the physical impact, people with cancer have to get used to the mental impact, and how the identities they have built up will change.

Mollie hopes to expand her work with motivational speeches into possibly workshops for schools.

"I have done presentations for various cancer charities to gain funding and am due to do one in Newcastle about mental health and cancer in schools in June; but at the moment I am simply focusing on delivering these presentations to save lives."

She has also set up an Instagram blog and Youtube channel with the intention of raising awareness.

"If I can save one life from this, then it was all worth it. The biggest thing I've learnt out of this is to never take anything for granted," she said.

To arrange for a Mollie's Mission talk, telephone  07802 407220.