A dad of three was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) earlier this year after, at first, thinking he was suffering from a sore throat. Gwyn Warner, 35, from Crosskeys, worked as a baker in a supermarket before coming down with what he initially thought was a throat infection over the New Year period.
Since his diagnosis in February, Gwyn spent a month and four days in the hospital where he had to fight off an infection before he was able to start his first round of chemotherapy. He has a tough seven months of treatment ahead and is worried about how his family will cope financially after his sick pay runs out in April and left with statutory pay, which he claims “is nothing more than £100 a week.”
Gwyn shared the frustration of his situation, as he believes he could have been diagnosed sooner if GPS weren't "overworked and understaffed." Since January, Gwyn visited his local GP three times and would have been on antibiotics for nearly a month if he hadn't driven himself to A&E on February 8.
