Salford student overcomes same cancer as mum to graduate

In her second year of studies she began to experience health problems including night sweats, a rash whenever she had an alcoholic drink, and lumps in her neck.

An ultrasound showed another lump in her chest and, after further tests, a doctor told her she had Hodgkin lymphoma.

Lucy said: “I remember saying that I wasn’t scared about what I was about to go through, but that I was scared that my mum was going to watch me go through what she had.”

Lucy postponed her third year and began chemotherapy.

She said it helped that her mother knew exactly what she was going through during her treatment.

“I was not going to let it get the best of me. I was going to go back and finish my degree,” Lucy added.

During her recovery she raised money for the Teenage Cancer Trust, which had supported, and in May won an outstanding commitment award at her university’s Create Student Awards.

Dance lecturer, Sarah Jane Lockwood, said Lucy was an “unstoppable force” who had shown “outstanding motivation”.