A teacher says she "wakes up every day feeling grateful" to be alive after thinking her life-threatening cancer was just a cold.
Venessa Taylor, 54, from Essex, has been struggling to find a stem cell donor to save her life with a transplant to avoid the disease recurring.
The Waltham Abbey resident, who had to medically retire because of the disease, has been searching for a donor after none of 14 of her family members tested was deemed a suitable match, reports Essex Live.
