My name is Arslaan Hussain and at the age of 16 years old I had a lot of friends and I used to love playing sports.

I finshed school in July 2013 and I went on holiday for three months and had the best time of my life. I came back for college in September but as I got settled back and started college I started to become ill and started coughing up blood. This terrified me but I never thought it would be anything bad because my life was going so well. I went to A&E and they kept me in hospital and said "we expect you have got TB but its easily treatable with antibiotics for 6 months". I was shocked but thought it would be okay but it wasn't okay because they said "you need to go home and stay in your bedroom for two weeks because it easily catchable from you so wait until the chest and lung clinic get in touch with you". I couldn't leave my bedroom for two weeks, it was horrible because I couldn't pick up my nephews or do anything. 

After the two weeks were over, I had an appointment at North General Manchester hospital and the doctor said  "you haven't got TB but we have found a lump in your chest which showed up in your xray and we will need to do some further tests so we can find out what it is". The same day I had a camera put inside my body but that failed. It was so horrible I could feel it going through me even though they put me half to sleep. 

After another week had gone past I had another appointment but this was the biopsy and I was really scared because they put a needle into my chest to get into the lump and got some tissue out for testing. When they took the needle out I started to cough up a lot of blood and they thought my lungs had collapsed so they rushed me into X-ray while I was in a lot of pain. This was a scary thing as I have never seen it before and I had to stay in hospital for a day to recover from it. 

The following week I had another appointment for the results and I thought it was going to be nothing or something small but I was completely wrong. As I was waiting to be seen, there were posters about cancers and macmillan all over the walls. When I got called in there was three member of staff In the room and the doctors said " I'm so sorry to tell you this but I'm afraid I have got bad news for you, you got an disease called Hodgkin lymphoma" and I said what is that ? She said it was a type of cancer in the blood." When I heard that I was speechless and no words could come out my mouth and I couldnt hear what was said after that because I was so lost and numb, it was the biggest shock of my life I didn't see that coming. YOU DONT EXPECT TO GET CANCER AT THE AGE OF 16!!  I was so frightened and I thought I'm going to die. My parents did all the talking to the doctors but I didnt notice what they saying. When we left the room my mum and dad were crying and that was the hardest thing and I didn't know will happen next. I felt like it just me going through it alone with my family. 

After a couple of days had passed I was still in a severe state of shock and didn't fully understand what was happening to me. At this point I was so lost in myself all I did was just go out everyday just to think things over and over again. My family was very upset and still couldn't come to terms with it yet. I thought this is going be the end of my life but at this point we were referred to Manchester Christies hospital which did more tests to find out how far the cancer had gone and I was going nearly everyday to do different tests. At this point we saw other young people in the same boat but it was still very difficult to believe I had cancer. The nurses at the Chrsties were brilliant because they helped me understand more about my illness and supported my family too. 

The doctors made a treatment plan and They said "You need to have six cycle of intense chemotherapy but first you need central line into your chest for the chemo drugs to go in and it will be much easier to take blood from there instead of putting a needle in all the time". I had that done on the Monday 25 November 2013 and it was a very painful operation. 

On the 27 November, it was the day when I had my first chemotherapy session. The night before I didn't sleep because I was worrying all night about what's going to happen and I didn't have a clue what to expect. On the day I saw my doctor he gave me the go ahead and that was when this horrible treatment started. It lasted 8 hours and I just remember I being incredibly tired and I was just feeling nauseous. 

I was on treatment and after every cycle I was in hospital due to the severe side affects from treatment and I had gained a lot of weight but the treatment was working so that was good. 

Half way through my chemotherapy I had a serious infection called pneumonia which put me in intensive care and the doctors lost hope on me because No drugs were working at the time but then one of them did. Great.. BUT.. the drug which worked on me then affected my legs and I am currently in a wheelchair and undergoing intensive physiotherapy.

When I was in there I was in there for eight days and that was really bad because I can't even remember what happened half the time. 

On the 25 June 2014 I received great news.. My cancer was gone but i got diagnosed with avascular necrosis in my hips to my knees which is extremely painful. I was in hospital for nine weeks but the nurses made my time easy in hospital. They kept me busy during the day and that kept my mind off things. I hope that one day I will walk again and will continue to fight on.

When I came out of hospital I lost my confidence and i was at rock bottom but when I started going Madhlo youth centre it built my confidence right up. The staff there supported me and helped me with everything. 

The Chrsties charity and Teenage Cancer Trust and Clic Sargent has big difference to my life so I have dedicated my life to these amazing charities. I have organised 6 events for 2015 which are coming up soon but I'm going plan much more and going to carry on working with all different charities.

My big brother did the 7K run last year and hopefully he going to do it again. My older brother supported me throughout my journey and always will do, he has been amazing and I wouldn't have come this far without him and my family. I have the best family ever and I love them very much :) 

My colleague Liam gray who I work with at Mahdlo.

"My name is Liam Gray, I am a K1 Fighter and I met Arslaan whilst at work. This inspirational young man told me of his story and I wanted to help in any way I could to help him reach his goal raising money and awareness for his chosen charity; The Christie. My promise to Arslaan is to dedicate each fight to him until we reach his goal. Please help us and give what you can. Kindest regards, Liam '1bomb' Gray"

Please sponsor us now, so we can raise enough money to become cancer WORST nightmare!! 

All the money we are raising will go toward the Christie hospital for better treatments and better facilities for teenagers it makes everything more easily for them while in being in hospital over a long period time. All of the money will go to the (y..o..u) unit which is 16 to 24 years old ward for teenagers and young adults. The money will directly go to charity as every donation is really appreciated. 

My target is £5000 pounds. 

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Thank you once again

Arslaan"