My name is Naomi i am 20 years old....Cancer first touched my life 2 years ago just before christmas when my mum was dignosed with terminal cancer....this i remember being the hardest day of my life, knowing that i wasnt going to have my mum for much longer.

Nearing the end of my mums life things got hard watching her fade away....and in the end wishing she would because i couldnt bear to see her in pain much longer. My mum passed away on the 2nd March last year, i remember a sudden feeling of emptiness and loss. My mum was only 37 so young.

After my mums death i did alot of fundraising for local cancer charities....then just before christmas 2009 i was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, another day that i though the world was ending....but i kept going, im still working and will do as long as i can for both me and my family. I have a lovely daughter at 9 months and i will not be leaving her any time soon - i will not give up the fight as i know there are other people in the same situation as me fighting...

Im still fighting to get through this at the moment and have had loads of support etc.......just writing in this website has lifted a weight from my shoulders

I dont know where this will end but hey were all fighting............Were all giving hope to others........i am touched reading through these posts.