'Mary Bacon, 66, from Cumbria, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) in 2008. But targeted treatments mean she can now live a normal life. “Before I was diagnosed, I didn't know anything about leukaemia, and I put the symptoms I was suffering – bone pain, fatigue – down to old age. So when I found out, I thought the end was near. It was diagnosed in the relatively early stages, so I was lucky. I had an excellent consultant who told me there was a new targeted treatment for the specific genetic mutation I have. Had I been struck with the illness 10 years earlier, I might not have been here now."
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