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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Raphael Henry

‘Athletic’ woman given months to live after headaches dismissed as ‘long Covid’

Olivia at the Half Iron Man World Championship in Lahti, Finland - (Collect/PA Real Life)

An athletic 33-year-old woman has been given just months to live after several relapses of leukaemia, which was initially mistaken for long Covid.

Olivia Knowles’s ordeal began in late 2023 when she experienced headaches and fatigue, which she was told was “very likely long Covid”, before an excruciating toothache led to an emergency hospital visit and a diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

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