"... at 18 years of age I was diagnosed with cancer. On October 13th, 2015, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. The doctors found one of the largest tumours ever discovered in the history of the Gold Coast University Hospital. It was 21cm in diameter and 10cm thick. It was like having an inflated football in my chest. A record I am weirdly proud of..." Elliott opened up his speech. He was 18 years old at the time, he didn't smoke, didn't drink, didn't do drugs, ate healthy food, super fit (he played soccer at State level). "The doctors called it 'bad luck'" he said. There followed six years of non-stop therapy, treatment, surgery. Then he suffered a fungal rash which almost killed him. Then the right side of his heart stopped working, and both his lungs collapsed. "One of the ways to save me was forced oxygen." But, due to all the chemotherapy, Elliott found himself allergic to - oxygen. The only possible option was a double lung transplant. Then the waiting began...
Read Elliott's gripping outline of his, his family's and his doctor's fight his life - there is a PDF in the Download section on the right.