A mum who was diagnosed with cancer has described how her autistic daughter found a 'saving grace' by losing six stone at a gym. Tracey Morris, 51, from Clifton, who was diagnosed with terminal stage-four pancreatic cancer in June 2020, has spoken of how her 23-year-old daughter Ellie has found solace at the gym to cope with her mum's illness.
Ellie, who has autism and also has a condition which means she does not know when she is full, was 28st 7lb on October 2021. But Tracey has said her eldest daughter found her "saving grace" on October 4 when she started going to a local gym, which helped with her sorrow over her mum's illness. She even called herself Ellie Fury after heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury and gets called it by strangers in the street showing their support.
Tracey, who used to work at Birds, said: "It was a massive shock when I was diagnosed and we were devastated. Ellie is autistic and she has also suffered all her life with her weight - because her brain doesn't tell her when she's full so it's really been hard to control her weight.
