How I kept calm to defy the odds and beat cancer
When Alex Samuels was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer on erev Rosh Hashanah he was forced to postpone his final year at Leeds University. Friends quickly rallied to support him: UJS president Dan Grabiner travelled to London to decorate his hospital room, Leeds JSoc organised a 'saliva drive' encouraging students to join the bone marrow donors' register, and tutors offered advice and assistance. Alex, 22, describes how his campus support network helped him defeat the disease and take his first steps to recovery: