If it weren’t for COVID, it could have been caught a lot sooner.” “In the moment, you look at yourself in the mirror and you don’t realise how sick you really are. I look back on them now and it’s quite scary,” he said. “I have photos from right before I got diagnosed whilst on the way to the hospital. It was difficult obtaining a diagnosis due to the lack of in-person appointments, but he insisted on getting bloodwork done at Bendigo Hospital. He had suspected he had COVID, but kept testing negative. In 2020, Buzz had been sick for more than 2 weeks and had lost consciousness on multiple occasions, including in the shower.
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He credits his recovery to a cutting-edge phase 2 clinical trial for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in which Dr Ashley Ng, a Cure Cancer alumnus played a pivotal role.
As a member of GenerOZity, a community of content creators who fundraise for charities, he is passionate about using his love for gaming to raise funds for cancer research. He has built a life in Melbourne with his partner and fellow gamer, Ash, and their two dogs, Spud and Goose and cat, Lily. He describes that moment as feeling like he had just been shot.
He sat in that chair with a massive lump in his throat, not being able to utter a single word. Three years ago, Buzz was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) at only 19 years old.Īt that moment, his whole world stopped. Buzz’s 20th birthday also marked the day of his second round of chemotherapy. We had a heart-to-heart with Buzz, a 22-year-old gamer and member of GenerOZity, about his gruelling experience with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and how a cutting-edge clinical trial saved his life.
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